All Good things come in Sermons! I was at Church today and while making sure my kids were well behaved, which isn't as easy as it reads, I was listening intently to the speaker.
His speech was based around how sometimes we feel that we could give better presentations than the person delivering it.
He mentioned how sometimes we internally judge the speaker and unknown to us ...
we miss out on the message of the speech.
Sometimes the way a speech is delivered isn't as important as the message contained.
Don't get me wrong, as monotone voice can send anyone to sleep ...
however that doesn't mean the speech is useless or a waste of time.
A Gold Nugget Discovered! So today I received a KEY, a Golden Nugget for business, life and happiness.
The key was basically the definition of WISDOM.
Are you ready for this Golden Nugget? Once you know it you will be able to know what wisdom is, and how to acquire it.
Here goes: Wisdom is the Correct Application of 'Acquired Knowledge.
' When I heard this simple Nugget I could see that it was golden.
We sometimes seem to acquire knowledge from school, the internet, courses, seminars, from gurus Live or just plainly speaking with a person with information we have not yet acquired.
Why do many of us Fail time and time again? I have been in this situation before and no doubt so have you.
We gain this pearl of knowledge, and then we put some of it into action.
We may devise some sort of technique or plan based around the knowledge we have acquired.
Then we commence to execute the plan.
We sometimes give up half way through because we see no results and sometimes we don't even begin the plan! Do you see where the error lies for 95% of business entrepreneurs? Heck, do you see where the error lies for most people in their lives? The information acquired is knowledge.
But the information has NOT been 'correctly applied', and therefore the person has not mastered that knowledge and has not gained wisdom.
In turn they have failed in their results.
Positive results come from Wisdom.
Errors come from a NOT correctly applied source of knowledge.
So What Happens now? So, what next? Well, I truly think that a person needs to thirst for knowledge.
It makes you feel ALIVE! But, that's only the first step.
The second step would be to find out 'how' to apply that knowledge correctly - so you can achieve a positive result.
No use having an incorrect study habit ...
you won't achieve your goal! Once the results are positive you can safely know that you have achieved your goal of acquiring wisdom in that particular domain.
Wisdom is key to success.
So, it was worthwhile paying attention to the church speaker today! A golden nugget which may answer why so many people crash and burn, or fail.
But also the reason why ordinary - everyday people have gained success.
  "Plan your Success - Execute Your Plan" - Nic Faivre