Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 615 of our trek, and it is time for a 3-minute mini-trek called Wisdom Unplugged. This short nugget of wisdom includes an inspirational quote with a little additional content for today’s trek. Consider this your vitamin supplement of wisdom for today. So let’s jump right in with today’s nugget.
Today’s quote is from Claude Levi-Strauss who said, “The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.”
You can tell whether a person is truly wise by listening to them. If they are expounding about their abundant wisdom, you will know that they are not truly wise. A wise person will be a person of limited words and will be a person who asks a lot of questions.
The reason a truly wise person asks a lot of questions is two-fold. The first is so they will continue to gain wisdom, insight, and understanding. The second reason a wise person asks many questions is to help the person they are speaking with to gain wisdom, insight, and understanding. A wise person always desires to help others to also become wise.
The wisest and most effective teacher to ever live is Jesus. Throughout the gospel books, Jesus did much of His teaching by asking questions. This was especially true of those that tried to oppose Him. Here are a couple of snippets that effectively demonstrate how Jesus taught.
Luke 6:8-9 – But Jesus knew their thoughts. He said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.” So the man came forward. Then Jesus said to his critics, “I have a question for you. Does the law permit...
