I am not what happened to me,
I am what I choose to become ― Carl Gustav Jung

WISDOM is the ability to think and act using experience, knowledge, understanding, common sense, and insight.

PRAGMATISM is the practice of dealing with things in a practical way that is deemed sensible and realistic by rational people: in a way that is based on practical, rather than theoretical considerations. It is relating to fact as opposed to idealism. It’s about solving problems in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist now, rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas, or rules. Pragmatism is the opposite of idealism. It is to do with the philosophy or theory of doing what works best from the Greek pragma ‘deed’, to do. It is being concerned more with the real-world application of ideas than with abstract notions.

It looks at occurrences with an eye on the conditions that existed before and their results. It looks at cause and effect. In Latin pragmaticus and Greek pragmatikos mean ‘practical deed’. Practical consequences rather than dogma. Every day practice. Not with speculation. Dealing with causal relationships. This is the pragmatic approach.

Therefore, being pragmatic means dealing with problems that exist in a specific situation in a reasonable and logical way, instead of depending on ideas and theories. And so by being pragmatic, we can gain wisdom.