I’ve been in a lot of rooms full of smart people. But very rarely do I think I’ve found myself in a room full of wise people.
Of course, this isn’t a dig against my peers in any way. I think all of us possess unique bits of wisdom we’ve picked up on our journeys, but to become a “wise person” is a task that often seems to border on Sisyphean.
So when I was thinking about my conversation this week, I was reminded of a quote from the Chinese philosopher, Lao-Tze: “To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”
Charles Hamm is an Author, LinkedIn Influencer, and after 76 years on this earth, a pretty wise guy. And in my opinion, one of the reasons for this lies in his ability to strip lessons down to their core components, to remove the excess.
His just released book is titled, “Ponder on it, Pilgrim: The Bucolic Mark Twain on Critter Councils, Cookie Bandits, and Texas Grit,” and aims to show readers why wisdom is the key to living in a chaotic world.
This conversation is both light-hearted and heavy, and I hope it’s as fun to listen to as it was to record.
Enjoy the show!