"Seek advice but use your own common sense." - Yiddish Proverb

If you use more of your common sense, decision making becomes easier. Your life gets less complicated and you'll enjoy more living.

You may want to lose weight, become a better person or make money. The obvious thing that you will do is read all the books that cover the subject. You'll gain lots of information, at times to the point of overload.

Unless you use your sound judgment and take action, you are going to get confused with the various opinions and strategies that you have acquired.

In everything you do, be it on personal safety to feeding your pet, you have to apply rational thinking. You don't need someone to tell you every little thing.

Can you increase your level of sound judgment?

Robert J. Sternberg, IBM Professor of Psychology and Education and Professor of Management at Yale University said that you could do it by sharing information and ideas with others.

It makes sense because other people's bad or good experiences provide great insights. You can learn from them and that will contribute to your personal growth.

But the best resource comes from your own experiences. They serve as lessons. If you have made many attempts and did some mistakes, you would have acquired enough wisdom to know which path to follow. It's foolish of you to repeat something that doesn't work.

Many people don't use their reasoning because they are lazy to think, even when they have enough facts. Thinking requires action. The mind has to use the information gathered or learned to make rational judgment. That's a lot of work for some people.

Becoming more aware, paying attention and observing would help you see things in a different perspective. These activities will help you understand. You'll develop the ability to trust your intuition, solve problems and guide you to take action.

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