Wisdom comes from experience

Dante Smallwood
Jul 27, 2017 · 1 min read

Something that’s been coming up a lot lately is wisdom vs intelligence. Wisdom isn’t about how much information you can retain. The reason elderly are wise is because of how much experience they have accumulated.

Field experience is king. You know how to respond in certain situations when you’ve lived it over and over. You have to gain that muscle memory and the reflexes to respond appropriately.

Field test everything. You can’t solve a problem you don’t understand by overthinking it. You have to get out of your head and find out for yourself. Just be present and take it as it comes.

Dante Smallwood

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Founder and Creative Coach at Zekk Holdings www.dantehimself.com

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