Practical wisdom is the quality of knowing what to do is in a particular practical contexts. We all have some of it, and we could all benefit from learning more of it. I talk about how this newsletter is primarily a place where I try to teach practical wisdom, and provide some theory of how it works and how to get better at it.
The only part of this post that puzzles me is the claim that gurus giving advice learn more and faster through their advice-giving. I find that in my coaching, of course I get to theorize and work on practical problems with coachees, but the results are enacted through them so the outcomes are both more delayed and less embodied, and therefore I like to keep an occasional hands-on client too, where I'm working with their teams and leaders, precisely for the faster feedback loop. Can you flesh out how you envision a guru getting a tighter feedback loop than doing hands-on work themselves?
The only part of this post that puzzles me is the claim that gurus giving advice learn more and faster through their advice-giving. I find that in my coaching, of course I get to theorize and work on practical problems with coachees, but the results are enacted through them so the outcomes are both more delayed and less embodied, and therefore I like to keep an occasional hands-on client too, where I'm working with their teams and leaders, precisely for the faster feedback loop. Can you flesh out how you envision a guru getting a tighter feedback loop than doing hands-on work themselves?