The knack: Knowledge, skills and abilities People do. We are doers. The boundaries of what we are able to do are defined by the three things in the title. It’s fairly easy to get confused and in almost all cases there is some overlap but awareness of those tricky nuances can go a long way in properly getting to grips with the challenges in your own life. Knowledge: It’s relatively easy to explain as knowledge has no bearing on practical application. Having knowledge of something is the theoretical understanding of how something works; or should work. Knowledge is obtained through research and learning instead of doing. This should not discount its importance in the big picture, ergo why there are theory tests in driving instead of every driver being immediately let loose on/after their practical tests. Skills: Speaking of practical tests this is the other side of the coin. Skills are similar to knowledge in the fact that they are learnt but instead of being theoretical they are practical and are usually learnt through the transfer of knowledge. Ordinarily, skills are the result of thorough knowledge and in the example of a driving test would be one’s learned aptitude for ...

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