| May 20, 2010
In elementary school you were told how smart you were, in high school you were too cool to be smart, and in college you realized that there would always be someone smarter than you.
Now…now you know that being smart isn’t enough. You need to be wise.
“It is no longer enough to be smart—all the technological tools in the world add meaning and value only if they enhance our core values, the deepest part of our heart. Acquiring knowledge is no guarantee of practical, useful application. Wisdom implies a mature integration of appropriate knowledge, a seasoned ability to filter the inessential from the essential.” —Doc Childre and Deborah Rozman
Learning how to “filter the inessential from the essential” is the trick—the key to wisdom in business, relationships, finances, and life in general.
Is it essential that you quickly close the deal today or wiser to wait until you are certain the best deal for all will be accepted tomorrow? Is it smart to buy that time share in Mexico or wiser to invest in gold coins? Is it essential or inessential to respond to every email within minutes of receipt and to immediately answer every cell phone call?
It takes time to be wise—to consider all of the options, circumstances, and outcomes. In our fast-paced society, quick decisions may be smart, but are they wise? And with financial, time-management, business, real estate, medical, and anything-you-could-ever-imagine “advice” delivered with the click of a mouse, it is more important than ever that you can wisely filter the inessential from the essential.
Being wise is more than knowing when to buy and sell, expand or downsize, and save or spend. Sound wisdom involves listening, learning, waiting, thinking—and praying. Prayers for wisdom come from those in trouble, hurting, and many times panicking.
The Sound Wisdom books offered by Destiny Image offer the breadth and breath of reality needed to make the most astute decisions, choose the right way, and go beyond being smart to realizing the essentialness of being wise.