The Difference between Tradition and Wisdom

Isn’t it interesting how tradition is always cited as the founder of great and ancient wisdom? Of course, we know this to not be true. As we progress through technology and other forms of rapid economic growth, we see how much more we can achieve by pushing the boundaries of the universe.

Of course, wisdom can still be obtained by studying old processes. Sometimes, understanding how something was done for centuries is necessary in your attempts to understand why we are doing it differently today. Perhaps, for your particular project, the old way is preferred and more effective. It all depends upon how much knowledge you have of people, the system you are using, the systems available to use, and the personality of this specific situation.

Not everyone wants the same thing or has the same goals. In fact, not everyone is sure of what they want. It all becomes a lot clearer when you find yourself realizing truths that you should have picked up on at an earlier age, or so it seems. The more we understand the world around us and our lives within this universe, the more we can distinguish between good advice and empty, space filling junk.

Alcohol testing, as well as drug screening, is meant to help you distinguish between truly reliable and unreliable employees. When someone is lacking general knowledge or life experience, they will find that typical workdays stress them out and that they feel attacked on a pretty regular basis. Of course, this does not have to be the case.

Tradition would dictate to use workplace drug testing because it has always been used. Wisdom, however, would dictate that using onsite drug and alcohol screening is a reliable process in the search to understand and better lead your employees. It means finding reliable workers and keeping them. It means being able to identify the ones who cannot or will not hold it together on the worksite. In fact, workplace drug testing laws exist to make this mandatory in certain industries which are labor intensive but not emotionally intelligent intensive. The difference is dramatic. 

This article has been taken from http://mediscreen.net.au/articles/?p=2362