WISDOM ? The quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise.
More ~ the body of knowledge and principles that develops within a specified society or period.
It can be difficult to define wisdom, but people generally recognize it when they encounter it.
Psychologists tend to agree that it involves an integration of knowledge, experience, and deep understanding that incorporates tolerance for the uncertainties of life as well as its ups and downs.
Wise people generally share an optimism that life's problems can be solved and experience a certain amount of calm in facing difficult decisions.
If I asked you to judge how smart someone is, you’d know where to start.
But if you were going to assess how wise that person is, what qualities would you consider?
Wisdom is the ability to make sound judgments and choices based on experience.
It’s a virtue according to every great philosophical and religious tradition, from Aristotle to Confucius and Christianity to Judaism, Islam to Buddhism, and Taoism to Hinduism.
So what does it take to cultivate wisdom?
Intelligence—if only anyone could figure out exactly what it is—may be necessary for wisdom, but it definitely isn't sufficient; an ability to see the big picture, a sense of proportion, and considerable introspection also contribute to its development.
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
Groups working to maximize their collective understanding of societal problems need a space where they are free to exercise their intelligence.
Story books for children have a long history and are universally valued by children and parents. Digital stories for children offer new ways to share stories and advance literacy
Millions of people migrate every year from rural to urban areas. Recent research helps us understand how city environments influence happiness and health across the lifespan.
Different collective intelligence methods and different norms of behaviour will be needed to maximize successful workings for a team, depending on the task at hand.
Societal problems cannot be solved in the same sense as arithmetic problems are solved.
If we wish to build an applied social science grounded in the principles and practice of collective intelligence, then we need to understand team communication.
The ideal of freedom as non-domination implies that citizens are granted a status that guards them against private power or dominium and public power or imperium.
The mass of evidence suggests that changes in the habits and habitats of people are much more important than biomedical interventions in shaping the health of populations.
Successful collaboration requires careful design of learning environments for group interaction and provision of good facilitation to promote meaning-making and problem solving.
While traditional writings on mindfulness propose that clarity of thinking can be cultivated through the practice of mindfulness, currently scientific evidence is lacking.
Music is one of the most profound of all human creations. Music can transform our ongoing psychological state in an instant, and can also enhance psychological functioning across the lifespan. However, less is known about the full range of adaptive functions of music listening and how these adaptive functions promote well-being and enhance quality of life.
There is a strong emerging body of evidence for the effectiveness of mindfulness- and acceptance-based approaches for a range of difficulties, including chronic pain. We tried to take mindfulness for chronic pain online.
The development of metacognitive skills is a gradual and uncertain process that is contingent upon the quality of education and training children and adults receive. From an educational perspective, how can we best engage students in this process? How can we negotiate the curriculum with students and engage their collective intelligence in the process?
Making The World A Fitter Place, One Brain At A Time
Anthropological studies of traditional African and Asian societies often describe group interaction with babies, specifically, passing around of the baby to all group members in a warm, playful, rhythmic pattern of “touching dance”. There may be good reason for these traditions, as revealed in Sue Doherty's new book, Dancing with your Baby.
Christopher Peterson has provided the world with a precious gift.
His wise, warm, witty, and insightful collection of reflections on positive psychology radiate the many strengths and virtues that are central to the field of positive psychology -- humility, bravery, love, kindness, humour, citizenship, love of learning, and much more.
Starting Slow and Recovering Fast
People have a tendency to focus on one strength at a time rather than seek to understand the multi-dimensional interdependencies between strengths. I’d like to share a new method we have developed which can be used to help people understand their system of strengths.
