Hey everybody. This is the host of the NJ podcast. This is wisdom words, Wednesdays. This is part of the everyday series where we share insights and inspiration based off a wisdom principle that will add value to your life. The better decisions you make, the better, the quality your life will be. That is why we need wisdom. Now more than. And this episode today, we're going to talk about apply wisdom to your thinking, apply wisdom to your thinking. Human beings have a distinct advantage over the rest of the animal kingdom. Think about it for a moment. We are not the first. We are not the strongest and sometimes we're not the most organized, but how is it that we are able to rise to the upper echelons, where we're able to dominate. And in some cases, subdue and survive amongst animals that are much stronger and faster than we are. The answer lies. The capacity of our brains and the use of our minds and for us to able to apply wisdom to how we think. Our brain is about 25% of our body mass in comparison to chimpanzees and apes. It is only 8%. And this organ that we call our brain consumes a lot of energy. That is why we were able to communicate and put together complex words and sentences. Yeah. Diaz and communicate to each other. Who what, when, where, why and how that allowed us to build empires and to build kingdoms and to build businesses and to build families, we were able to apply wisdom to our thinking. That is a distinct advantage that we have today. As part of the human race, there are some people who make sure that they enhance their brain capacity, the capacity to make difficult and complex decisions, the capacity to deal with them, emotionally tense situations. And these are the people that we now know as high performers, why they are able to apply wisdom to your. The best bankers, the best traders, the best business people apply wisdom to their thinking when they are conducting a deals. That is the difference between the haves and the have-nots because they they're able to use the resources of their minds. As there is in the societies today, a sickness, some people call it a sickness. The, where people fall into the trap of not wanting to think if I've ever seen people who fall into the trap of not wanting to do. They'll go off of any piece of information that is fed to them. They won't critically analyze per tap air, break it apart and understand different perspectives and other people's points of views and be siloed in their thinking. And they don't want to think you will tell them anything, they'll run with it. And they will accept that as fact. And that is very dangerous because it will stop us from reaching the highest potential of thinking. And that is a travesty because we were given this amazing tool called the mind and the brain for us to apply with them, to our thinking. Don't fall into the trap of not wanting to think don't be a person. Who doesn't have an argument. Don't be the person that is always emotive when they are, they have been challenged. Don't be the person that raises their voice and does not raise the level of their internet and their arguments. I saw a post once an Instagram post. Once that said, when you get into an argument, don't raise the level of your voice. Raise the level of. Of your intellect raise the level of your argument and I'll, we'll share some ways that you can apply wisdom to your thinking. So you can avoid being parts of people who fall into the trap of not wanting to think one way is to protect yourself and your time. There is a saying that you should give with discussing. Give with discretion. Time is a very important, valuable and irredeemable resource. At times. If somebody waste your time for the first time, don't allow them to do so for a second. You need to learn, to give with discretion because human beings as canning as you are, and as clever as we are, we are also shoot in the sense that we will waste your time and carry on with our lives without you as if we didn't waste your time. And you need to apply wisdom to your thinking, to protect your time to say, I'm only going to give with discretion because you will never be able to get. Uh, two hours backwards that someone was, have you ever been, uh, had a two hour meeting or two hour conversation? And at the end of that conversation, you ask yourself 20, what did I achieve here? Right. You and that's because somebody wasted your time. And one of the biggest pains that you will ever go through in life is to crave a conversation with someone that is no longer. One of the biggest pains you'll ever go through is to crave a conversation with somebody that is no longer here. It could be your mother or your father or someone. You looked up to a sibling, a best friend, and they are no longer alive. And that pain is amplified because, you know, That you wasted the precious time that you had with them, with somebody else who didn't matter as much or doing something else that didn't matter as much as that person. Now, I encourage you to learn, to give with discretion. If somebody says to you, Hey, I would like X amount of your time. Let's go to this place. I started questioning, why are we going there? What are we going to be doing? Who is going to be there? It's not that I don't trust you. I just want to know. Is it going to be worthy of my time? And if it's not moving you towards a worthy, ideal, or not part of a well-deserved break, say to them, I apologize. I'm not going to do go there. And more importantly, you need to give with discretion, especially to yourself because the greatest enemy that you'll ever fight is the enemy inside. That is the enemy. That is you. If there was no devil, I would be. Of myself, learn to give with discretion, apply wisdom to your thinking, by giving with discretion. Another way that you can apply wisdom to your thinking when somebody presents information to you that you're not sure of, even if you're sure of it, ask the question, how do you know. How do you know that and watch them squirm for awhile if they don't know what they're talking about? How do you know that? Remember we said that people can fall into the trap of not wanting to think. So they may be presenting information to you. That's not a verified, they haven't thought through and they want you to accept it as gospel, ask the question, how do you know. Somebody comes to you with a piece of gossip or they say that person, doesn't like, you ask the question, how do you know that? Where's it fats where's information. Where's the data. Where's the screenshots. Where's the evidence. How do you know that if they say that that companies are with while investing in, ask the question, wow. Do you know that. If somebody says to you, appeal gives you a piece of information to say that person's a bad person, or you shouldn't do that. Ask the question. How do you know that? And it has nothing to do. Whether you trust the person's integrity or nuts, there are times that we can miss certain pieces of information and we ask how do you know that it will force other person to present their well thought through arguing. And if they don't have an augment, then they must go back and verify the information. I was listening to a podcast where they were talking about the Kennedy family, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. Um, there was a culture that around the dinner table, they would sit down and talk. There was sit down and debate. I'm not sure, a hundred percent sure if it's the Kennedy family or it's Kenneth, uh, John F Kennedy's, uh, media family, or if it was his children, but part of the Kennedy family, what they would do every single. Dinner time, they would make it a point to debate each other. Why is cocaine good or bad? Why is gun control good or bad? And that forces them to think through their arguments so that they have a good answer to the question. How do you. As to go, nothing to do. If you trust a person, if someone says to you, you get here's the facts and you say, how do you know that? And they'll be like, what? But do you not? Trust me? It's not about not trusting you. I just want to make sure that what I run with is factually substantiated. All right. So apply wisdom to your thinking about asking how do you know that another way that you can apply wisdom to thinking is to don't rush. Take the time to. And process. There may be times we need to make quick and fast decisions. I get that in situations where you don't have to make split second decisions, take the time to breathe. Let it simmer so that you can make the right decision, because think about it. If you make a hasty decision, you will lose money on a trade. You will lose money on the stock. You will make their own business decision and a year from now, you're no longer in business. You may swerve off the road and you may get into a car accident. You may say something, then you, next thing you're out of a job or you out of a relationship. Take. I think and process. And if you're a person that likes thinking, you've got many personality types, if you are a thinker and don't let anyone pressurize you and say, I need to take time to think there was a finance coach who said that before you make a purchase, ask yourself, do I need this? And take 24 hours to think through whether you need it or not. And if you need it in 24 hours from now, then that's fine. Take time to think and process apply wisdom to your thinking by not rushing, take time to think and process and make better decisions. Another way that you can apply wisdom to your thinking is to follow the words of Deming. He said in God, we trust all others. Bring data in God. We trust all others must bring. What does that mean? It means that outside of God, the higher power, any other information and words and facts and school of thought that come from anybody else, your immediate family, extended family, good friends or not. So good friends. We're calling. They must bring data to you because without data and information and verified fats, you are nothing more than a person with an unfair fight opinion. And there's nothing worse than a person with an iron very fight opinion. Why? Because remember we said at the beginning of the show, There is a culture that exists where people don't want to think. And that is called borrowed intellect. I heard this from a colleague. I got, it said people don't want to think they will be. They strive off of, they thrive off of borrowed. I said, what is that? There can be people who are more knowledgeable while learn it well versed in a particular area. And because we made our points of thing for ourselves, because not because we don't want to, or not, because we don't want to think for ourselves, but we are too lazy to think. And then you always ran to the same person over and over again, using their. You learn to think for yourself. And also when people come to you and say, I read this at this place, or I heard this opinion from this person say to them in God, we trust all others bring data because without data and verify facts and information, you're nothing more than a person with an opinion and opinion is just that. And the. I hope that you enjoy this episode of wisdom words, Wednesdays, where we talked about apply wisdom to your thinking. Let's go through what we talked about. People can fall into the trap of not wanting to think. And this is a travesty given the mind that we were given that allows us to be the human race that we are today. And then one let's apply. Wasn't your thinking is to give with discretion. Don't do things or waste your time, unless it is a part of your worthy ideal. And when somebody. Presents information to you ask them, how do you know that? And then you can see if they're thought through that. If arguments don't rush, take time to think and process, and remember the words of Deming where wise words in God, we trust all others. Bring it. I hope that you enjoyed this episode of wisdom words, Wednesdays, we've talked about apply wisdom to your thinking. If you enjoyed this episode, please like share comment and subscribe, leave a rating. Uh, get into the email list. Who've got some good stuff going on there. If you're interested in any other merchandise. Please head over to the website and have a fantastic Wednesday apply wisdom to your thinking. It will allow you to make better decisions and it will improve the quality of your life. And I will see you on the next episode.