Wisdom Branch 4: Logic - Deepstash

Wisdom Branch 4: Logic

Be able to make decisions based on analytical judgments, not gut feelings.

This could be as simple as trying to figure out why your cellphone won’t charge properly. Stabbing away at it by plugging the cord into the outlet will not get to the root of the problem, as you will need to go through a set of more rational steps.

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“An idea is something that won’t work unless you do.” - Thomas A. Edison

“We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world.”

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