There are two kinds of "smarts" that you can have: book smarts and street smarts. Some people are getting information out of books. Given a situation, they’ll go to the library and get a book out about it. In contrast, street smart people will get on the phone and call their friends and ask them if they know how to handle the situation, or if they know someone who knows how to handle it. Absent all that, they might try to cope with the situation themselves, and while they might screw up a few times, eventually they’ll get it right.
Which is better? Both of them have their good and bad points. Getting the information from books is great because, should the need arise again, you’ll know where you can find the information. However, it’ll take time to peruse the materials and decide on an approach, by which time someone with street smarts might have found someone who knows how to deal with it. A person with street smarts will know who they can call that might have the solution, but might have to call a lot of folks if they get the wrong answers.
The best aproach, obviously, is to be able to do both.
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I agree, where the book and street smarts meet, things happen! I remember that commercial, I was like, “Yes, SPRITE is right!” Cheers and Merry Christmas to you and Mary.
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Sounds kind of like “Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows.”
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Yes!!!!
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Yes, I agree with the others a little bit of both works for me.
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We all use a combination of skills to get the job done, and sometimes one skill is more appropriate than the other. The trick (which I can honestly say I never learned) is knowing when one is more appropriate than the other.
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Yes, that would be difficult for me too.
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I agree with your conclusion John. Someone who is a bit of both is better off.
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You really need both kinds of thinking, but usually one dominates over another. Glad you liked it!
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That’s true and they change situation to situation.
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A little of both is a good thing, but if I had to choose, I’d go with the street. Good job on the prompt, John.
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Thanks! I was bad in that I would try to get the information I needed from manuals, books, etc. until I was at the point of hara-kiri before I would ask anyone…
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A little if each works for me 💜
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Me, too. I think that’s the way it is for most people.
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Yes indeed 💜
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