Smart can be measured.
Test scores. Speed. Memory. Pattern recognition.
Smart is right. Smart is efficient. Smart gets there quickly.
You know the smart ones.
But wisdom plays a different game.
Wisdom doesn’t rush. It watches. Waits.
Wisdom requires experiences. Wisdom has felt consequences. It doesn’t just answer the question, it asks new ones like, “What happens if we’re right?” and “Do we want to be right?”
Wisdon isn’t always interested in the right answer.
Smart will build it.
Wise asks if it should be built at all.
Smart wins the argument.
Wise wins the trust.
Smart and wise aren’t the same, but the Venn Diagram shows an intersection. It doesn’t have to be or. It can be and.
That’s where you want to stand. It takes effort, generosity, empathy, skills, observation, confidence, awareness, and history to stand there.
Not IQ or credentials.
