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Article published on LinkedIn.com: Jan. 10, 2024
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IS YOUR SUCCESS BASED ON COMMON SENSE?
The ability to perceive, understand and exercise judgment is
the most desired quality that almost everyone wishes to have
in order to survive and grow in life.
As life tends to throw different challenges at each stage,
people want to have the ability to do the right things and be
prepared when something unexpected happens in life.
Common sense is a natural ability to make proper judgment on
practical matters.
You don't need to have specialized knowledge to use common
sense and make informed judgments in everyday situations. For
example, common sense tells us not to jump into deep water
when we can't swim.
The accumulation of do's and don'ts in all particular
situations that enrich a person's common sense is a by-product
of life's experiences.
Although common sense is a natural quality and does not need
to be taught, there are a few steps that will help you improve
your common sense.
1.
Trust yourself:
confidence is the basic step to increase your common sense. If
you don't trust yourself, you won't be able to see a clear
picture of situations in order to find the appropriate way to
solve problems. So, trust yourself and be confident and handle
life's challenges to improve your common sense.
2.
Take emotion out of the equation:
to make a good decision, you must eliminate emotion from the
equation.
When your mind is occupied with the outcome of certain
situations, you cannot pay attention to every detail and find
the best possible alternative to handle the situations.
So, you have to emotionally detach yourself from situations,
to find the appropriate solution.
3.
Do not complicate anything:
if you tend to overthink and overanalyze situations, it will
only make situations more complicated. So, stop thinking and
analyzing situations and deal with them as soon as you find
the best way to proceed.
4.
Act with intelligence:
there are certain ways to perform a specific job. If you do
things the way you like to do them rather than how they can be
done effectively, you complicate matters. Proper handling of
issues is what matters most, not how you want to handle them.
So be smart and do things the way they can be done rather than
the way you would like to do them, and your common sense will
improve.
Therefore, common sense is an essential element not only for
our survival, but also for growth in life. Increase your
experiences of dealing with life's problems to improve your
common sense rather than getting stuck at certain life stages.
So, if you want to reach the pinnacle of success in all walks
of life, always be sure to discipline yourself to develop a
habit of growing awareness, to enhance your common sense.
To do so you will need to understand common sense, learn basic
common sense and how to use common sense.
You will also need to develop guiding principles so to
faithfully follow a set of principles
rather than giving up on them when it suits them.
There are far more details to assimilate and cannot be
expended in a simple article. I suggest that you explore
chapter 12 of the book
« My success is your success. »
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About the Author
Decelles
Other publications:
ISO Pour Tous
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d’information ISO – Le guide de préparation ISO – La
gestion du changement en affaires – La gestion de
projet d’affaires – Le
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