The Wisdom List
There are so many different traits of wisdom. Some people have it while some don’t. It’s something that we learn and practice. Some of them becomes a habit while some of them has to be a discipline. I just wanted to make a wisdom list which I will expound on my latter posts.
THE WISDOM LIST
Your words aren’t yours anymore once you say it – so think hard before letting a word go
Less words, less room for foolishness
Never stop learning even from your students
Your thoughts rule your emotions – so rule your thoughts
Speak only when necessary otherwise, listen
A wise man, when provoked, keeps his calm
A wise man overlooks an offense
Does not only hear but listens
Gives the benefit of the doubt
Does not think too much
Does not overanalyze things
Leads others to wisdom
A wise man is not the same as a philosopher
A wise man is not someone who knows a lot – he just knows how to decide what is right from what he knows
Knows what vision to keep and what to put away
Knows how to say ‘no’ to the lot of unnecessary things of this world
Knows that there must be more to life than study, work, settle down and die
Taming the emotion is a discipline – it starts with taming the thought
Wise men know how to keep their ‘yes’ because they know that when they do give it, they’re saying ‘no’ to other things
What you say is just as important as how you say it