Your wisest self reflection
How to Grow Wise It’s easy to lose sight of what really matters in life when caught up in daily routines and preoccupations. Reflecting on one’s mortality brings goals and values back into focus. Your Wisest Self is a version of who you want to be this worksheet asks you to imagine you’re nearing the end of a long, rewarding life. From that perspective, offer life wisdom to your younger, present-day selves and reflect on how you can translate this wisdom into action. There are many different definitions of wisdom in psychology research , but the one I like best centers on two characteristics: Wit: Having procedural and factual knowledge, problem-solving abilities, critical thinking skills, self-reflection abilities, and perspective-taking skills; Virtue: Being goodhearted, motivated to enhance the well-being of self and others, guided by values, and able to tolerate uncertainty in the service of meaning. Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age (my 10-year-old is often