General knowledge is valued information regarding the social interests of a society, culture, civilization, community, or nation gathered from a range of various media platforms. This knowledge is not specialized information on a specific topic; rather, it is knowledge about every aspect of human life –current affairs, fashion, family, health, and the arts and sciences. Although it takes time and effort to gain general knowledge, many human characteristic traits and skills such as intelligence, problem-solving, confidence, and open mindedness are judged by the amount of general knowledge one has obtained. Moreover, general knowledge helps with personal growth, good citizenship, and a stronger society.

Understand the basics of the mind. It is important to know that your brain and mind are not the same thing. The brain is the physical structure in your head; the mind is a more abstract concept that produces and stores thoughts and feelings. Though separate, the brain and mind are always at work together. When you have positive thoughts, like love, creativity, and joy, your mind remains in a peaceful state. When you have negative thoughts like fear, jealousy, hate, and anger, your mind is disturbed by them. In a disturbed state of mind there is a wastage of energy and we are not usually able to relax. Understand that positive thoughts generate positive feelings and negative thoughts generate bad feelings. Both positive and negative thoughts are additive. Having many negative thoughts throughout the day will pile up and make you sad; a great amount of negative thoughts can even lead to depression. The opposite is also true. If you have many positive thoughts and feelings, they will add up to make you feel incredible bliss. So for allowing the growth of the mind, you must try to keep the mind in its default stage i.e. peaceful stage. If your mind is in a relaxed and calm state, only then you are able to attain your full potential. Another rule is that your brain processes information as per your current mood. For example if you are in a good mood , it will be easy for your brain to retrieve positive information (and hence you feel nice and the world looks wonderful to you.) On the other hand if your mood is bad then your brain finds it difficult to process positive information or memories and hence you feel bad. So it is always better to switch your mood rather than go along the negative thought process.