Just out of curiosity, my dearest friends. What is more important? Life smart or book smart?
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Both are important. However, it's easy for me to say "life smart" from my perspective. I didn't walk through life with my head in the clouds. Again, that's because I'm not book smart that I would say that.
Book smart is when you significantly get your knowledge from book-learning, instead of viable experiences. Life smart on the other hand means, you know a ton about feelings and how to deal with relationships and stuff.
I often wonder when I see people who have not lived life talk so knowledgeably with so much conviction based on what they read. I admire their knowledge without question. Sometimes it takes my breath away. But then I think, "Do you know from experience that what you read fits what you think?" And then question whether they are really so smart in the long run.
There are definitely some areas where "book smart" is necessary - such as a career field. But aside from that, when it comes to living life, I think it takes living life to learn. A book cannot do that for you, nor can a college education. You know, if you research, there are a ton of college graduates who cannot even get jobs, and will not work at Department stores or something they consider menial labor.
Another thing is those who are so smart like someone I know - Mensa IQ level. He studies just because he loves to educate himself. That's all well and good, but he also thinks everyone else is an idiot. This is a man who has lived life too. He was a rock star. He did the drugs and orgies etc. He has both backgrounds in life and travel/education. Sadly though, he does not accept people in his life and will die lonely as a result in my opinion. He likes to say, "I suffer fools lightly" meaning, if you are not intelligent, he has no time for you.
I also "had" a friend who was 23 years old at that time who thought he knew everything about everything. He was pretty well self-taught via the internet. And since he spoke with such conviction, people tend to listen to him. I kind of thought he was full of hot air even though sometimes, he made sense. I just couldn't respect his perspectives because he had not lived them. Does that make sense?
I've said it many times before (not exact words, but) "I have met a lot of brilliant a**holes". Ooops. Sorry.
I personally hate to read. I cannot remember the last time I read a book. I walk through life like a sponge, not just absorbing but analyzing. Everything I see, everything I hear, is something to give me perspective -something to think about and learn from. I think a day does not go by where I have not learned something about myself or the world around me. No book can give me that. I have learned how to work with people, how to manage people through learning about the people I have met in life.
I would never encourage my daughter to not want to educate herself. Although I would also not tell her it will be the basis of her success. Life has so much more to offer than what they tell you in a classroom. It's up to you to want to find it.
Now let's be honest. Many walk through life not thinking or considering anything. They do not challenge thoughts or ideas that may be common. Some people make the same mistakes over and over because they never learn from their first mistakes. They do not look inward at all to try and see where the mistake happened to begin with.
Life smart in my opinion can also mean knowing how to apply what you have learned from books.
What about you, my friends? Which side are you? Book smart or life smart?
Good evening to you all and wishing you a pleasant weekend wherever you may be.
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July 31, 2021
6:45 pm
Philippines
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Can I choose both Life smart to guide my deicision in lifeand bok smart to know b the rules