Yes, that is a quote by Diogenes. I am in a quirky mood tonight and I thought I'd touch upon a quote that speaks a lot of truth. You see, to quote an old tune by the Main Ingredient, "Everybody plays the fool, sometimes...there is no exception to the rule."
I don't care how smart you think you are, there is always someone out there who is smarter than you in one aspect or another. And there's nothing to be ashamed of in this situation. No one can be an expert at everything. The trick in life is to find the one thing in life that you enjoy AND excel at and then become an expert at that. For some people, this can lead to multiple things that they excel at...Think of Michael Jordan, he is a hall of fame basketball player who when he retired then went on to play professional baseball. Does it matter that he wasn't the greatest at playing baseball? Not in the least! He was still skilled enough to play the game at the professional level. We are all good at some things and bad at others. For me, my main nemesis is calculus and guitars. I can't do either really well, although I like to try to play guitar. Meanwhile, I excel at stock analysis, writing and explaining things. Given my job involves all three of those things, and I am also home schooling my daughter, I'd say I am chasing the right things. Sometimes the distance between being wise and being a fool can be found in the decisions that we make. Ever do something that seemed to make a lot of sense to you at the time, but then ended up being a really bad idea in hindsight. Sure you have. It has happened to all of us at one time or another. I chalk those decisions up to hubris. When you think you know more on a subject than you really do, and are too proud to ask for guidance. Although I try to limit my poor decisions that are due to hubris, I still find that they slip in sometimes. Sometimes the distance between being wise and being a fool can be found in the decisions that we make. Finally, I think one of the best ways to avoid playing the fool, is to develop the habit of asking good questions. What is a good question? You might ask? Good question! A good question is one where you expect the answer to tell you something that you otherwise don't know the answer to. No question is a bad question if you truly do not know the answer. In the future, don't play the fool. If you don't know the answer to something, and you suspect the person you are talking to does, then ask the question! That way, you learn something and have less of a chance of playing the fool.
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