Wisdom is often overlooked in life’s pursuits.
Don’t confuse wisdom with intelligence. Intelligence is more about theory and head knowledge. Wisdom is practical knowledge, often from experience. It is embodied.
Make a regular part of your life something that increases your wisdom.
Pick an area you are interested in.
You want something that piques your curiosity.
Many times this will be unrelated to what you do for work, and that is a good thing. Do a deep dive into the subject. There is likely a community of people already passionate about it somewhere online.
Find the community and learn from them.
Learn thru doing.
Try to find something where you don’t just passively learn (reading, watching), but actively learn.
Learn more about how the world works. Some examples:
- Build websites and computer applications.
- Take apart and repair appliances, computers, phones.
- Restore cars, tractors, or other machines.
- Flying model planes.
- Gardening and growing various plants.
Not only will you have a useful skill, but you will understand more about how the world you live in works.
Record what you learn.
You can use this to teach others.
It doesn’t matter if you write it down, make a video, or just record yourself voicing your thoughts. Make sure you capture it. The time right after you learn something is so valuable for the next person.
We often forget what it is like to learn something new.