How to overcome stupidity

Stupidity is defined by me as irrational response to a life situation. The reasons for stupidity are many- personal beliefs, reacting to and being governed by primitive emotional state of mind, and lack of thinking.

Some ways to reduce stupidity are as follows:

1. Have a belief system - moral spiritual financial personal relational. This will help you with a guiding principle of how to react to situations that you have not encountered before and the decision you make will be in line with overall belief system.

2. Do not do not react emotionally and do not let primitive thinking take over your thought process. Most decisions in today's life so not require immediate response and you have the time to apply critical reasoning to any decision. 

3. Create an error log - despite all the good advise in points 1 and 2 above, we will still display stupidity - the best way to reduce future incidents of stupidity is to acknowledge and then log the events where you showed stupidity. Repeat mistakes can be reduced if there is a feedback mechanism.

4. Listen to friends and family - even enemies if necessary. Getting a different perspective is essential in the decision making process.