Seeking Wisdom Part II

Andy Andrews | July 23rd, , 2021

  • Knowledge is about facts that we acquire, study and research. Wisdom is the ability to discern which of those facts should be acknowledged and applied to life. 
  • Commonly accepted that a person that who studies longer has more knowledge.  In general, more time equals more knowledge.  But this may not be true for wisdom.   Wisdom requires a deeper understanding. Wisdom 

Second way of effectively seeking wisdom: READ

Warning – some may not like this one but hang in there for a possibly new perspective. 

Consider the average transition from childhood to adult. Think about the classification of “gifted children”.  Schools have classrooms and curriculum and even whole schools for them.  With all the gifted children running all around, where are the adults? 

  1. What do you call a child who reads 7 minutes a day? Slow
  2. What do you call an adult who reds 7 minutes a day?  Normal

Average time spent reading by adults is 7 minutes a day, 27% of American adults have not read a book in the last year.  Staggering correlation between income and reading.  Readers make 16% higher than those who don’t. Read a book with highlighter in had to remember the key notes. Actively seeking wisdom is like actively preparing for the wisdom. We are not sitting with a book in our hands to for the words to leap out of the page and change our lives.  We are actively seeking wisdom.   Recognize it, remember it and then apply. 

Objections to reading: 

  1. I don’t like to read
    • Do you like to fish?
      • So you don’t like it when you take a child fishing and teaching him how to fish?  All the excitement and joy?
      • Like the action but not the waiting for the fish. 
      • Fish with someone who knows where the fish are
      • If you think you don’t like to read, just remember you can’t believe everything you think                 
        1. You probably read some boring books
        2. Find books that aren’t boring
        3. People who read make more money than people who don’t
        4. People who read get more promotions
        5. People who read have less problems with their children
        6. People who read have more opportunities presented to them
        7. People who read have lower divorce rates
      • Whether or not you want to read isn’t the question
        1. The question is what do you want?
        2. More peace, profit, joy? Find it in a book
  2. I can’t read
    • Maybe eyesight, time, etc. issues
    • Go the audio book route, substitute the car or radio
    • Reputation will allow the information to get through
    • What is playing in the background of your life becomes your life
    • We know silly songs that we have heard over and over again, so play the programming your subconscious mind needs to hear to change your family’s future
  3. Read a combo of fiction and non-fiction
    • Non-fiction will deliver facts and fiction will fire the imagination to create to results with those facts from a different angle, this will lead to wisdom