Chinese for “Wisdom”

Chinese for “Wisdom”

We’ve been discussing knowledge – intellect – wisdom. Here’s something interesting: the Chinese word for wisdom is 智慧 (Zhìhuì). Let’s have a look at what those individual characters mean: 智 (Zhì) =knowledge and 慧 (huì) = intelligence....
Wisdom vs. Intellect

Wisdom vs. Intellect

Earlier this week I posted on Knowledge vs. Intellect. I loved the comments, PMs and dialogue that followed… thank you! It all sparked this new thought: if we’re differentiate knowledge vs. intellect, how might we define wisdom? Let’s start with...
Getting from Weird to Wonder

Getting from Weird to Wonder

Might this headline reflect your life journey? It resonates as part of my own journey growing in wisdom and maturity. Remember being a kid, when the girl with braces seemed weird? How about the boy who brought kimchi in his lunch? Totally weird. And the twins who were...
Money serves us, we don’t serve money

Money serves us, we don’t serve money

This may seem obvious, but it’s easy to fall into the trap of serving money and the things that supply us with money. Greed and anxiety can leave us in a place where we feel we don’t have enough and need to do whatever we can get more. But as humans, we...