How to develop Wisdom

From Information to knowledge to understanding to Wisdom

One way to develop it through interaction of  knowledge of seemingly unrelated subjects. In warren Buffets words its called Latticework of mental Models. Seeing every field as a interactive with other. Be it spiritual,science, arts, commerce,psychology.

Knowledge with value additions appears to be wisdom. It is the capacity to realize what is of value in life for oneself and others.

Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end. This may be the reason why equally qualified peoples and not equally successful. To harness the potential power of knowledge so that it becomes wisdom, the following should be borne in mind: 

• Make a decision to apply knowledge. Knowledge is of no use to you if it cannot be applied in a strategic manner to achieve a definite purpose. To do this you need to first formulate a life purpose based on your talents and what you would like to contribute to improve the world around you.
• Design a plan of action to realize your vision and life purpose. Having a vision or life purpose is not enough. A vision without a strategic plan is a fantasy or fairy tale. It will never happen. A written plan, which is focused, well researched, practical, logical and time-oriented, is needed to realize a vision or dream.
• Create short-, medium-, and long-term goals to gradually and strategically implement and execute your plans and visions. Long-term goals should be supported by short and medium-term goals. This is important since long-term goals need to be broken down into manageable parts so that the long-term goal can be more easily attained.
• Maintaining focus and discipline. This is the most important point of all since focus and discipline gives you the ability to follow through when attempting to accomplish goals, which will then lead you to accomplish your overall plan or vision for life. You may have plans, goals, talents and dreams, but if you have neither  discipline nor focus you will never be successful at realizing your dreams.

I hope this will help to some extent.