The childishly naive believe whatever they’re told. Conversely, a critical thinker recognizes flaws in logic. Thus, critical thinkers discern truth. Believe All – Do Anything If you know where you’re going you have a goal. Next, if you know how you’ll get there you have a strategy. Then, if you’re not easily deterred you have […]
Critical thinking is a key component of personal and professional growth. Conversely, shallow-mindedness produces foolishness that retards growth. Thus, learn to think critically because critical thinkers desire growth. What It Isn’t One way to define a precept is to look at its converse. Thus, to examine what it isn’t. In the Proverbs, contrasts are used […]
Subtilty, or good sense, is an important trait for a leader. In fact, subtilty accompanies leadership success. Character vs. Success You can probably think of several success traits for a leader. For example, decisiveness, vision, and the ability to motivate and inspire. Similarly, lists of leadership success traits focus on the externals, thus on that […]
Self-control is an important trait for a leader to develop. A precept-driven life produces in me discernment so that I can respond with subtilty and thus self-control. Actually, subtilty accompanies discernment. Developing Subtilty All of us can improve in our ability to be more discrete in what we say and how we act. But how? […]
A precept-driven life produces in me a number of traits. Subtilty or good sense is one outcome of being precept-driven. In fact, subtilty accompanies deep thoughtfulness. Decide Right Decision algorithms are common in both the wisdom and the leadership literature. Solomon’s decision algorithm appears in Proverbs 1.3-7. The components are: 1). Reverence, as the foundation […]