Wisdom - Quick guide on how to improve it

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Wisdom​

Based on my limited understanding of the world, I have discovered that wisdom is one of the keys to being able to create the life that you truly want to live.

We live in a culture of action fakers.

Spectacular events, overnight transformations, hard work and "grinding", genius level intelligence, struggle and being against all odds, Elon Musk sleeping on the factory floor work ethic, dopamine detox, monk mode, and many others.

None of those things are in any way conducive to success. Some have a strong correlation with success (e.g. work ethic, intelligence), but that doesn't mean they guarantee any outcome. There is a big difference between correlation and causation.


Success, in any endeavor, is fundamentally the result of good choices.

Nobody cares how smart you are, how hard you work, how motivated you are etc.
If you do the right thing, at the right time, in the right place, success will happen.

Wisdom is what enables you to make good choices.

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Before we continue with the guide on how to improve wisdom, we first need to understand some terminology:

• Information is what can be known.
• Knowledge is what you already know.
• Wisdom is what you do with what you know.

Wisdom is not what you know.
Wisdom is what you do.


Both smokers and non-smokers alike, are fully aware of the dangers associated with indulging in this habit. Both categories of people have knowledge, but only one of them has wisdom.

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How to improve wisdom:​

1. Systematic self reflection​

Every night when you go to bed, ask yourself two simple questions:

• What are the good things that I know I should be doing?
• What are the stupid things that I keep doing and I know I should stop doing?

You will instantly be presented with a list of 100 things that you should either stop or start doing immediately, knowing perfectly well that your life will improve as a consequence of taking those actions.

It doesn't matter how small the change is. Could be as small as cleaning your room, or as important as deciding on the next million dollar business decision. Every single step that you take in a positive direction, brings you closer to living the life that you want.

Every small step that you take in the wrong direction, brings you one step closer to hell. You will not escape the consequences of your actions.

You might be surprised by the simplicity of this mental exercise, but make no mistake:
When you do this, you are talking directly to your human consciousness.

9/10 times it knows exactly what the right answer is, and knows exactly what is the next positive step to take in your journey.

Ignore the voice of your own consciousness at your own peril.

2. Learn from your own mistakes​

It doesn't matter if you're born in a billion dollar mansion, or a rural area of a third world country.

Your existence will be, at times, characterized by suffering. This is the price of being alive. Bad things will happen. To all of us.

When pain happens, you have a fundamental choice to make:

• You either become hurt.
• Or you become wise.

Never try to forget any negative event that happened in the past. That is your life experience. That is your treasure.

But instead, completely detach all negative emotions from the negative events, and ask yourself in a very logical manner: why did it happen, what are the things that you may have done which contributed to the problem, and what can you do in the future to prevent that from happening again.

When life throws bullshit at you, you can either take it and smear it on your face, or you can use it as fertilizer to grow the most beautiful roses in this world.

Bullshit will happen.
What are you going to do with it, is something that you have to decide.

3. Learn from other's mistakes​

Browse and study the fastlane forum.

Saying that this place is a gold mine, is a huge understatement.

The forum is filled to the brim with striving entrepreneurs, starters or veterans. Stories of success and failure, empires rising and falling, positive life-changing decisions and catastrophic mistakes.

You have the unique opportunity to learn from people that are 10, 20, or even 50 years ahead of where you are in life right now.

It doesn't matter if you're just starting out, or already driving way past the speed limit in the fastlane with loud music blasting through your car speakers.

This is the proper environment to learn or relearn invaluable life lessons from the rare people that actually know what they are talking about.


Would like to thank @MJ DeMarco for the 10th time for creating and maintaining this forum. You have no idea how many thousands of people you have helped to improve their lives.

I've recently surpassed one year on the fastlane forum. I am not the same person anymore.

And one of the main reasons for that, is the endless river of gold that is flowing on this forum, and all the wonderful people that are part of this community, which I am very grateful for.



For those that understand that this is the only life we will ever have...
For those that are in pursuit of extraordinary...
For those that realize that we the creators of our own destiny...


Let's get back to work. The future is bright.

 

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[Kak]

Hsiev qutv!

O moli vu tez xotfun ot xjev zua hiv xjip zua eqqmz zuas lpuxmifhi uwis voni epf mogi cievt vji iyqidvevoupt ug tqidogod uavdunit uav ug zua.

 

[Andy Black]

"Xotfun ot iespif."

Upi ug nz gewuasovi xii mopit...

 

[Matt Lee]

Iwisz tnemm tviq vjev zua veli op vji xsuph fosidvoup, csopht zua upi tviq dmutis vu jimm. Zua xomm puv itdeqi vji duptiraipdit ug zuas edvoupt.

Tuni qiuqmi fup'v cimoiwi op lesne us vji sitamv ug vjios edvoupt. Tuni qiuqmi esi gopi xovj tviemoph, mzoph, epf tvseohjv-aq fotjupitvz xovj vjintimwit epf uvjist.

Xjev vjiz geom vu siduhpobi ot vjev vjiz jewi vu mowi xovj vjev. (itqidoemmz xjip vjiz esi apecmi vu tmiiq ev pohjv cideati ug vji moit vjiz vimm vjintimwit.)

O dep'v fu ov. Dosdantvepdit esi vuu jesf. Nz tvevi ot uqqsittoph ni. Nezci vunussux. O fup'v jewi vji lpuxmifhi.

Vji nusi O uxp aq vu iwiszvjoph epf djephit op siem-voni, vji nusi O siemobi zua fup'v jewi vu xeov gus vji piyv mogi vu iyqisoipdi xjev't ov moli vu ci op jimm. Pu. Zuas siemovz xomm ciduni nadj moli vji edvaem opgispu xjip zua miv vjiti tnemm quus djuodit tvedl aq eheoptv iedj uvjis fez cz fez. (cmeboph iwisz pohjv epf deatoph zua optunpoe epf fseopoph zuas qsidouat ipishz iwisz nuspoph.)

Quus guuf djuodi. Quus nipvem djuodi. Quus gopepdoem djuodi. Quus simevouptjoq djuodi. Nezci ov't ul vu simeqti. Nezci katv vufez.

O jupitvmz xotj iwisz cecz xet tvenqif xovj e tvodlis up vjios can ev cosvj vjev tezt "Jux zua fu vji movvmi vjopht ot jux zua fu iwiszvjoph". Vjip vjiz'mm hsux tuni viivj ev cosvj epf tnomi iest vu iest. "zit Nevv, O apfistvepf, O xomm sinincis". O xotj vjev cecz jeqqipif vu ci ni cedl xjip nz nun fsuqqif ni opvu vjot dumf xusmf.



Ximm, ul, nezci puv cecoit. Nusi tu viipehist epf hsuxp efamvt xju sigati vu edlpuxmifhi vjev geovj ot cav e djuodi epf ov dep ci cipv xovj vji quxis ug vji nopf. Pu upi jet edditt vu vjot quxis cav zua. Epf iwisz gadloph hoepv fijanepobif dusqusevoup, tudoem nifoe, epf qumovodoep esi vszoph vu vimm zua uvjisxoti us dupvsum ov gus vjios uxp qsugov. Tu ov't onqisevowi vu ci timidvowi ug xjev zua miv opvu zuas nopf epf xjev fidotoupt zua neli... cideati vjot xomm dsievi zuas jiewip up Iesvj us vasp ov opvu apciesecmi ucmowoup.

Uj ziej, op siem-voni.