A Framework for Learning, Understanding, And Accomplishing More

For the past 16-years I have been teaching college courses in the disciplines of finance, business management, and information technology. Many of my students have told me how they like my delivery and how I attempt to meet them where they are at, knowledge wise.

I have a decent knowledge of real estate. However, I have never focused my energy toward executing and completing multiple real estate deals, until now. In the blogs that I write and post here - BiggerPockets -, I will connect my knowledge to the knowledge of real estate investing garnered from various BP education sources. While sharing my experiences in learning and executing what I learn.  Welcome, come witness my initial steps into real estate investing. 

As I develop my real estate knowledge, I will share with the BP community how I digest what I learn and how I would delivery my understanding to students. I use frameworks to teach my college students and I will do the same here.  What's a framework?

A framework is a simplification of a complex or multi-stepped environment, for easier understanding.

The first framework I will write about is an acronym (a word derived from the first letters of the words used). Like the acronym SCUBA (Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus), KUDAAS is an acronym (Knowledge Understanding Demonstration Application Analysis Synthesis).  Below, I abstract the framework to generalize it for use in the real estate investing context.

Framework: KUDAAS

 *Knowledge - learn,

 *Understand - taking knowledge to a deeper level,

 *Demonstrate - Do, take action,

 *Apply - Do what is learnt,

 *Analyze - Measure what is done,

 *Synthesis - Applying what is learnt and done, but in a new environment.

Each of the components of the KUDAAS framework are interdependent and scaffolded. The following statements demonstrate how they are related and dependent upon the previous component.

- Just because you know something, it does not mean you understand it.
- Just because you understand something, it does not mean you can do it.
- Just because you can do something, it does not mean you are doing it well,
- Just because you are doing something well, it does not mean you can apply your knowledge and understanding in a new environment.
- When you have successfully applied a deep knowledge of something in two or more different environments, you have mastered the art of synthesis.

Go Fourth And Synthesize Toward Your SUCCESS!