Today I am another year older true, but what that means to me is that today I am another year wiser!
Wisdom seems to be something forgotten these days. We tend to focus more on knowledge. Knowledge is power right? I beg to differ.
Use of all available wisdom is true power!
Having the power of discernment, judgment, or discretion.
As leaders we believe we should know the answers. People look to us to lead the way and set the pace. The truth is, we often don't actually know the answers and we don't know for sure what direction to go or how fast.
There may be help, right under your nose, to figure it out There may be wise sages around you.Yes, your staff members, your employees, those people who you are leading.
Among your team, are people who have more business experience and more life experience. There are people who have taken different training than you or worked with different customers or clients. There are people who have had the time to reflect and consider things in ways that maybe you have not. There are people who have lived through times and experiences much different than your.
These people may offer you much needed wisdom, if only you ask.
Seek these people out. Ask their advice. Have lunch with them. Offer to buy them a coffee. Then ask what they might do in your situation and why? Both their intuitive answer and their reasoning behind their pick may provide you with things you hadn't thought about.
It might just be the help you so desperately need today.