Today, we are prescriptive and we mollycoddle. Without independent thinking and self-sufficiency, without a compass with which to navigate unfamiliar territories, without opportunities to experiment and succeed, confidence, self-belief and satisfaction cannot exist. So what can we do to encourage common sense, or, rather, to encourage its development or allow it to flower? The first thing is to offer responsibility.
Not watering the plants in the school room or feeding the class gerbil, but active responsibility for helping to establish school policy, govern, come up with solutions for budget shortfalls, set up extra-curricular events and clubs, cooperate and interact with people beyond the school environment, develop social skills and, of course, practical skills.
When the halls need repainting, put the students to work assessing the colour that may be most psychologically beneficial, the number of pots of paint and the type that will be required — the most cost-effective way of getting the job done, the brushes or rollers needed, and then task them with the painting itself.
When the office furniture needs replacing, get out the screwdrivers and the flatpacks, and encourage students to use some common sense. Take away the instructions, if you need to. When the new computers arrive, put teams of students on the case. OK, maybe a week. Bite your tongue. At least I think it might be — actually, both sound pretty uncomfortable. Get feedback from others.
Test the decision with your manager, peers, direct reports, or anyone else that can give you honest, constructive feedback. Then, make sure you listen to that feedback. Take a personality assessment. Take the MBTI , DISC, Hogan , or some other credible personality assessment in order to identify your natural tendencies and biases, and how those tendencies may be influencing your analysis, judgment and decision making.
Get a coach. Someone that can help you examine your thinking process, a sounding board to test pending decisions, and someone to slap you in the side of the head. Find a role model. Will all of any of these work? Although common sense is something you are born with and learn along the way of life, it is something you can try to improve. But people who are seen to have high levels of common sense , tend to be those who come across a problem, and can easily work out a solution. However, there are ways you can help to improve, gain and develop your common sense.
The first thing to do, in order to build up and develop your common sense, is to trust yourself. If you find yourself in a situation, where common sense may be used, have trust and confidence in yourself and your decisions. This will help to develop your common sense, especially for future situations as well.
It can be very easy to complicate matters more, by overthinking it. Sometimes, if you overthink things, you lose trust in yourself and your own common sense. By figuring out the best solution to the challenge, it will help to gain more common sense, that can be used in the future.
In certain situations, there may be an emotional element to it, however, this needs to be taken out of the equation. By letting your emotions get involved when faced with challenges, it can often lead to you not thinking correctly and making it harder, to face the challenge and solve it effectively. By leaving your emotions behind, it allows you to focus on the problem in front of you, use your common-sense skills and develop these further.
It can sometimes be easy to deal with a situation, the way that we like to do it. Instead, be smart about it and think of the ways it can be handled effectively, in order to get the best solution. Take your time to think about it and the different ways it can be dealt with and use your existing common sense, to think of the best possible way. Not only are all of these tips a way of improving and developing your common sense, but they all use common sense too.
This shows just how easy it is, to use common sense, whether that be in everyday situations, or a bigger challenge. When using your common sense, this is always developing and gaining more common sense and life lessons, from the situation or challenge, you may be in.
Common sense is something that we are both born with and learn over the years of growing up.
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