THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION OF YOUR LIFE
Wisdom.
Few go about acquiring it systematically and affectively - but isn't this. logically, THE MOST IMPORTANT LIFE SKILL to acquire?!
It determines all of the quality and composition of what life is about.
Certainly we want to spend the time to find out at least, herein, what it actually is and how one can get it!
Then you can see why this is the most important decision that you'll make in your entire lifetime - as it is the determiner of your life!
What will you decide?
WHAT IS WISDOM?
Wisdom = the quality of being wise; power of judging rightly and following the soundest course of action, based on knowledge, experience, understanding, etc.; good judgment, sagacity. A wise plan or course of action.
THE GREATEST "SKILL" TO LEARN
"The greatest skill to learn is 'wisdom', which is the ability to use thinking and tools to make excellent decisions that make one highly happy in life. We unquestionably have the ability to develop that skill – and we need only start the process and continue on a good pace, as if your life depended on it (for it actually does, as the quality of life is life itself)."
I call it a "skill", rather than just accumulated wise knowledge, as it involves "an expertness that comes from training, practice, etc." The origin of the definition is "ability to separate", hence "discernment" (which is the ability to mentally separate one thing from another).
In every great skill there is:
1. a process (a sequence of thinking or doing),
2. a vocabulary ("set of words to distinguish things more clearly"), and
3. the knowledge of relevant facts concerning how to apply the skill and what the effect is of doing different things.
Usually a skill is applied to "produce" or "cause" something in particular. The skill we are talking about here is then the skill to produce the true results one wants in life. On the basis of that we might more appropriately call this Life Wisdom. And the true result we want in life is happiness (see that section to see how it is defined).
THE PATH TO WISDOM
Note that "thinking" and "learning" are all essential pathways to increasing one's wisdom and thus one's "power" in life. You'll want to read that overview. Also, a factor in any learning and thinking and so especially in acquiring wisdom is making Distinctions.
Meanwhile, read this piece, as it involves possibly the biggest decision you'll ever make in your life:
Why bother?
Where do we get it?
The enemies
The results
How not to do it
What level do you choose to stop at?
Read the above, then decide for yourself what you will do, other than considering this another good idea!
