"I've never claimed to have a monopoly of wisdom, but one thing I've learned in this job is you should always try to do the right thing, not the easy thing.
One other aspect I've always like about SohoOS is that unlike the conventional wisdom, of 'do one thing and do it well," the company is focusing on several services that are key to the daily management of a small business.
(The wisdom of the elders is one thing, but who hasn't also gotten a dose of the ignorance of the elders, too?) Cameron's imagining, in action and vision, of life on a fictitious planet is broad and vigorous.
This is important because if there is one thing that ancient wisdom traditions agree with modern psychological science on, it is that the more grateful you are, the happier you are.
One thing the conventional wisdom usually overlooks is what I have pointed out before: the proliferation of Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones and other hand-held devices, as well as the growing market in notebook computers.
Conventional wisdom holds that a person should do one thing and do it well.
Hawke found him fascinating and wanted to record his wisdom on camera – Bernstein told him that the key to doing one thing well is the same for doing all things well.
The one thing Robinson can be counted on to resist is received wisdom.
He already knew that he wanted to be a writer, but perhaps, he thought, this could be done in combination with a parent-placating job: "I had read Seven Pillars of Wisdom [by TE Lawrence] and the one thing I could imagine being was an Arabist diplomat, the kind of man who would wear a dinner jacket one evening and a keffiyeh the next".
You're supposed to keep going, from one thing to the next, gaining wisdom along the way.
