Are You Asking The Right Questions? | Author X Talks

Wisdom worker, higher education leadership, lifelong learning, career development, equanimity, elasticity, generativity, and legacy all come together in this powerful talk.

At some point in life, the questions change.

Early on, we ask: How do I fit in? How do I define success? Who am I becoming?

But later, the question becomes deeper.

What difference does all of this experience make?

In this talk, we explore what it means to become a wisdom worker. Because getting older and becoming wiser are not the same thing. Wisdom is something we practice, develop, and eventually give away through the people we support, mentor, encourage, and help grow.

The speaker breaks wisdom down into three powerful practices: equanimity, elasticity, and generativity.

Equanimity is the ability to stay steady in the middle of disruption.

Elasticity is the willingness to keep stretching, learning, and growing no matter what stage of life or career we are in.

Generativity is the gift of getting over ourselves and investing in other people, knowing that one day the work will belong to someone else.

This message is especially powerful for anyone working in higher education, career development, student affairs, leadership, coaching, or any field where your impact is measured by the people you help become more of who they are.

Because in the end, wisdom is not something we possess.

Wisdom is something we give away.