Sunday, March 11, 2007
Business ideas: Understanding wisdom
“When a person is ready, the information appears.”
That's an old saying about how when a person is ready to truly hear wisdom, it will arrive right on schedule. The ideas are also very likely to be heard, and best understood just as they are needed most. Of course, that wisdom was always readily available. The person simply wasn't always prepared to listen.
A major problem facing many people, whether in business or their personal lives, is keeping a open mind to new ideas. Many people will swear on several stacks of sacred texts that they keep an open mind to new ideas. The fact is that most people are not receptive to any ideas that contradict their current world view. The only way for those people to move even a tiny bit from their comfort zone is through a major shock.
In business, that major shock may be an economic downturn, a natural disaster, or near bankruptcy of the company. In personal life, shock can range from financial problems to family breakdown. Faced with the abyss, even the most stubborn individual will thrash around for solutions. All too often, the solutions chosen are the wrong ones for the situation. Once these non-answers are discarded as unsuited to the disaster being faced, is the person ready for true wisdom. Indeed, there may be no other option.
Accepting a new idea out of desperation means it may not be valued for the wisdom contained within its concepts. That is a problem for the recipient, as the person isn't being open to wisdom, but is only seeking a quick fix. Instead of treating the information as words to live by, the thoughts are simply a life preserver to be discarded once on dry land again. That is not open minded acceptence of wisdom. True acceptence of wisdom is all about understanding and internalizing the truths contained in the ideas. Sometimes, those truths can provide an uncomfortable wake up call.
As the old adage goes, the information appears when the recipient is ready to listen. That preparedness includes discarding long held beliefs that are false, or at least no longer valid. For most people, the admission that everything or even anything they know is wrong, is unsettling at the very least. Many people are unable to take that leap at all. They are simply unable to accept that they may be wrong about anything. As a result, they often face crises, and will seek any way out of the disaster. Very often, the solutions grasped are less than helpful, because of the failure to let go of long held beliefs.
True wisdom can only be accepted when you let go of long held, but no longer valid beliefs. You have to be prepared to listen with an open mind to the concepts offered to you. Only then will the best information present itself. In other words, you must be ready for it.
When you are ready for wisdom, precisely the information you require will appear.
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Wayne~
I LOVE this post! It is SO right on...it reminds me of that quote that says you must first let go of what is your hand in order to be able to catch or recieve what is to come.
Sometimes we hold on so tightly to what is safe and familiar and comfortable, that we A) strangle it or suck the life out of it B) refuse to let it go for FEAR that NOTHING new will come in...niether option is a good one.
I've been practicing surrender lately. Setting my intentions and focusing on the vision or type of outcome I'd like and then really working to "LET GO" and let the Universe do it's part.
Your article strikes a nerve for recovering control-freaks everywhere!
Thanks for your always insightful wisdom Wayne...
Kam:)
I LOVE this post! It is SO right on...it reminds me of that quote that says you must first let go of what is your hand in order to be able to catch or recieve what is to come.
Sometimes we hold on so tightly to what is safe and familiar and comfortable, that we A) strangle it or suck the life out of it B) refuse to let it go for FEAR that NOTHING new will come in...niether option is a good one.
I've been practicing surrender lately. Setting my intentions and focusing on the vision or type of outcome I'd like and then really working to "LET GO" and let the Universe do it's part.
Your article strikes a nerve for recovering control-freaks everywhere!
Thanks for your always insightful wisdom Wayne...
Kam:)
Dear Wayne,
Heard of Reel.com? Stuart Skorman is the creator and he has written a tell all book about serial entrepreneurship. He discusses his personal successes and failures and how he sold Reel.com for $100 million. If you would like a complimentary copy email me your mailing address. I think his story would make for interesting stories from the trenches for your blog. Stuart may also be available for an interview.
Sincerely,
John Terceman
oconnellpr@sbcglobal.net
P.S. Sorry Wayne. I didn't know how else to contact you.
Heard of Reel.com? Stuart Skorman is the creator and he has written a tell all book about serial entrepreneurship. He discusses his personal successes and failures and how he sold Reel.com for $100 million. If you would like a complimentary copy email me your mailing address. I think his story would make for interesting stories from the trenches for your blog. Stuart may also be available for an interview.
Sincerely,
John Terceman
oconnellpr@sbcglobal.net
P.S. Sorry Wayne. I didn't know how else to contact you.
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: 1:53 PM
Hi Kammie. Sometimes a person must let go of past ideas. They may have served a purpose at one time in your life, but as you grow and add new experiences, old beliefs are not always part of your life's new direction. Being a control freak is something that must be purged from your personal life and from your business life. Letting go and accepting the wisdom handed to you now that you are ready for it will enhance and improve your life. When you are ready for wisdom, it will appear as if by its own design.
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