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Wisdom sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Wisdom.

Yes Sayers are rewarded by adventure, No Sayers are rewarded by safety — wisdom from Keith JohnstoneYes Sayers are Rewarded by Adventure, No Sayers are Rewarded by SafetyBrenda Ueland quote: What is the purpose of existence but to discover truth and beauty and share it with others? showing a person finding a flower, painting it, and then enjoying seeing others experience the same emotions they didDiscovering Truth and Beauty and Sharing it with othersThe writer's in the writing, the artist's in the art visual showing a red writer writing red words in a book, and a blue painter painting a canvas of The Wave in blueThe Writer's in the Writing. The Artist's in the Art.Rivers and buckets metaphor illustration: one person sits calmly by a river watching interesting things go by, another gently stresses holding a bucket with an overflowing list surrounded by more buckets on the floor, each with long listsRivers and bucketsBiz Stone quote: Timing, perseverance and 10 years of trying will eventually make you seem like an overnight success — illustrated by someone on the tip of an iceberg with a whole lot of it underwaterOvernight successComplaining at the weather illustration: An adult complains about the rain, the sun and the snow while a child enjoy all threeComplaining at the weatherOnly dead fish go with the flow quote. Two fish in a stream. One is dead and floating with the current. The other is swimming against it and jumping out of the water.Only dead fish go with the flowThe janitor and the CEO story inspired by Steve Jobs illustrating how reasons stop mattering somewhere between the janitor and the CEOReasons stop matteringWhat is Chesterton's fence example explained: the meaning of Chesterton's Fence shown by two people contemplating a barbed wire fence stretching through rolling hills and wondering why on earth someone put a fence there, unaware of the large animal down the slopeChesterton's fenceSomeone exploring the mouth of a large, dark cave where they can see a mysterious lightThe cave you fear to enterAltruism and Ambition Richard Reed quote illustration: a determined character soars through the clouds miles above the earth below and has a large wing strapped to their back. On the left hand side of the wing is a jet engine labelled "Altruism". On the right hand side is a jet engine labelled "Ambition". Altruism and ambitionThe Blind and the Elephant illustration: a large elephant is joined by three blindfolded individuals; one reaching out to touch the elephant's trunk, one feels along the elephant's side and the other has hold of its tail. Each individual seeks to identify what's in front of them, but with the limited information they have, none of them guess correctly. The blind and the elephantA funnel of dots of information emerge as a shining ball of wisdom at the bottom — the DIKW chainData Information Knowledge WisdomNotice when you're happy: advice from Kurt Vonnegut's Uncle Alex to stop and say "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."Notice when you're happy: If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what isWhat gets measured gets betterIt's better to be interested than try to be interesting — advice from Nigella LawsonBetter to be interested than try to be interesting
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