Wisdom I am learning on 2023
'There are many ways to be wrong, but very less way to be right.''
Letter 27
No one inherently learns about wisdom. Experience, knowledge, culture, and environmental factors help us understand what has good or bad effects on our life.
As I learned from Kevin Kelly, wisdom generally comes from -
listening to wise people closely
making and admitting our own mistakes avidly
experiencing different locations or different cultures.
It’s everywhere, but one needs to hone in, look for, in the places where they can be found.
Listening to a podcast is better than tuning to a piece of good music over and over.
Watching interviews or educational webinars is informative and to some extent life-enhancing because the person shares their perspective on success and failures and different paths to a fulfilling life.
I want to share a few pieces of wisdom that I learned in this piece of substack.
Many of the below I noticed faults in people close to me but ignored them to acknowledge them but turning them into a learning lesson for me.
1. Talking more than necessary leads to an unwanted waste of time in disturbing your own mental health.
A broad way to this is, unless you have anything important to say, it’s better to not beat up in the fancy and illustrative way of talking. Two of the famous people I know, Sir Robert Greene and Sir Kevin Kelly, both basically laid the laws in their own books and ways to generally speak less than necessary.
2. Wealth creation is an ethical process, it is compulsory.
'Wealth is not a number. It is a set of all transformations that you are capable of bringing about.’
Without wealth, life will be harder than it is in your older days. Wealth is kind of creating leverage over your future days to put effort less and spend your life on your own terms with who you want, where you want.
- This is a broad topic. I am scratching the basic surface here.
3. The income streams must be created as soon as possible. The earlier the better.
This is directly related to your future peace level. No one can gain leverage over their time without passive revenue streams.
Our future selves understand the value of time more than we do now.
4. It takes courage to declare your inner wants and dislikes.
Journalling helps in this. I have been doing journalling for the last eleven months, and that works to the degree that you can understand your inner hidden desires and motives. Many say thinking is like a flowing river, but writing it down is like a glass filled with water.
And after that align our goals and aspirations towards them.
5. ‘Wise people prevent problems, they do not whine about problems’ - Charlie Munger.
The only way out of a problem is in.
6. ‘In the long term, there are two problems to be faced - a. Creating mental clarity in family members’ minds. b. Facing monetary issues.’
My mother said to me during a stressful moment. Both are equally true and important.
Prepare accordingly.
7. Continue finding your purpose (your why).
I have loved very much what Kevin Kelly wrote in his book ‘Excellent Advice for Living- wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier’ about purpose.
‘‘Your passions should fit you exactly but your purpose in life should exceed you. Work for something much larger than yourself.’’
8. In any moment of life, you can be deceived or be less respected by the people whom you know more than by other people whom you do not know.
The realization I had a few months ago still continues to surprise me more often than I can consider.
9. ‘If you commit to nothing, then you’ll be distracted by everything.’ - James clear.
A true message from one of my favorite authors.
10. Learn to manage your behavior.
It’s very unlikely to receive respect and love if you do not know how to manage your behavior. Furthermore, you never know about your future endeavors, whose help you might require.
Don’t aim to have others like you. Aim to have others respect you.
- This is a lesson I learned recently from a very close person.
11. You cannot escape the punishment of life.
We create our own demons.
All the mistakes we make in our life help us either realize and grow (if we pay enough attention) or help us make more mistakes if we neglect them. The only matter is time. Mistakes take their time to result in blunders, stress or errors, etc.
That’s the end of this substack.
Things I am indulged upon.
Book I am reading - ‘$100 million offers’ by Alex Hormozi. First two chapters completed. Difference between commoditized and differentiated markets, the game of price-wars and value-wars, etc.
Podcast I am listening - ‘How to Build the Career you want - Professor of behavioral science Dr. Grace Lordan with Ali Abdaal. A deep-dive episode. Not finished yet.
Recent purchase - Oppo Enco Buds 2 @1499 from Flipkart. Superior quality with adjustable bass and vocal effects through the ‘HeyMelody’ app made this earbud my super favorite purchase.
P.S. - Last month, I read this book by ‘the most interesting man in the world’, Kevin Kelly. I am completely blown away by his wisdom, knowledge, and authenticity. Highly recommend it to anyone, of any age group, or of any culture.
