1062 Recognizing Wisdom

Advice & recommendations come from all directions by people claiming to be experts. There is so much of it, and it’s so often conflicting, that people don’t know who to believe. It would be better if there was some way to tell if a person giving you advice was truly competent & qualified. Wealth is not an accurate measure of wisdom because it basically falls from trees, so you must use other indicators of good judgment. Assume the person follows their own advice, and see how it turned out for them: goals achieved, things accomplished, places gone. The old biblical observation, “by their fruits ye shall know them.” Ignore anyone’s advice or opinion who’s own life leaves something to be desired, whose homes are a mess, have done nothing and been nowhere. Of course, as logical as that seems, most people instead still use wealth & fame as the measure of validity; so-much-so that fame-worship consumes all the credibility, leaving little room for truth; the opposite actually because famous-wealthy people have an inflated sense of their own importance after being treated as elites for so long. That’s why it’s better to keep your own counsel in most occasions. However, should you come across a highly accomplished & experienced individual who’s life is totally in order, they probably have some wisdom.