Essays
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What is “practical wisdom”? Why is it in short supply for today’s world-to-personal challenges? No one is born wise, but everyone can intentionally grow their wisdom continuously over a lifetime. And, those with the highest “practical wisdom quotients” (PWQ) are the happiest people. Find out what the steps are to start growing your PWQ is this essay.
The benefits of living today are huge. Besides longer life, mankind’s cumulative technology and wisdom are at our fingertips. We have the freedom to choose to learn about and pursue an increasing number of both occupational and hobby paths: often online for free! We get to “do you” and “live our best, authentic life”. But- how many of us are capable of learning on our own and mastering new skills as we wish – continuously - for a lifetime? Young adults’ gainful employment depends on it!
There is an overall, mastery process for developing skills of any kind. It can be most visibly and measurably applied to “hard” skills like: chess, playing a musical instrument and sports. But, the process can also be roughly applied to “soft” skills like – public speaking, empathetic listening, etc. Ask yourself: “Am I a black-belt, x-degree: boss, spouse, parent, sage, etc.” Nobody, for example, is born “wise”. What level of “wise” are we today? In 10 years?