Wiser than U know (by Steve Goodier © 2002 )

In many areas you are knowledgeable. But do you know that you are wise, too? 
Perhaps far wiser than you realize. 
Wisdom is more than knowledge. Wisdom is the product of lessons learned 
in the school of life. Wisdom can be hard won; for it is often birthed in 
the ashes of failure. 

Theodore Levitt, of the Harvard Business School, said, "Experience 
comes from what we have done. Wisdom comes from what we have done badly." 
If that is true, I am wiser than I ever imagined! 

One man tells of sitting next to a "wise" woman on a flight to Florida. 
He was preparing his notes for one of the parent-education seminars 
he conducted as an educational psychologist. Bessie, an older woman 
sitting next to him, explained that she was returning to Miami after having 
spent two weeks visiting her six children, 18 grandchildren and ten 
great-grandchildren in Boston. 

Then she inquired what he did for a living. The man explained that he 
was a doctor psychologist specializing in children. He dreaded telling 
her this, as he fully expected her to question him for free 
professional advice during the three-hour flight. Instead, she sat 
back, picked up a magazine and said, "So doctor, if there's anything 
you want to know, just ask me." 

Bessie's years of parenting and grand-parenting gave her what no 
professional degrees could -- wisdom. And though her comment may have 
been made in jest, she probably could have added much to the seminar. 

Don't dismiss those mistakes and tough times you have suffered. Don't 
discount your many life experiences. You paid a high price for them. 
And if you learned well, they brought you something priceless -- 
wisdom! For everything you have done -- EVERYTHING --has given you 
experience. And if it did not all go as well as you'd hoped, then you 
also gained some wisdom. And this wisdom, the progeny of your setbacks 
and difficulties, may be your most valuable asset! 

Who will benefit from your wisdom today? 

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