What are the Three Wisdoms?
Live Smart, Give Smart, Leave Your Mark, the Three Wisdoms defined by Sherrie Rose, form the foundation of The Wisdom Model™, which helps a person develop a legacy worthy life, career, or business.
Which One Comes Easiest to You?
Answer each question in a sentence. Notice which one takes longest.
Wisdom One · Legacy Is Longevity
Live Smart
Is your wisdom in motion, with the health to keep it there for decades to come?
Wisdom Two · Sharing and Conserving Wealth
Give Smart
When you give to family and the causes you care about, does your plan also conserve what you have?
Wisdom Three · Culture and Community
Leave Your Mark
What imprint will your stories and values leave on your community?
The answer that comes slowest is where The Wisdom Model™ begins.
Where Do the Three Wisdoms Come From?
Live Smart, Give Smart, Leave Your Mark, the Three Wisdoms defined by Sherrie Rose, form the foundation of The Wisdom Model™, which helps a person develop a legacy worthy life, career, or business.
The Three Wisdoms are the part anyone can remember. At the center is the promise: to be legacy worthy, a worth you feel in yourself and others hear in your words and see in your actions.
Where Do You Stand Today?
Try this today
- Look back over the past twelve months.
- Give each Wisdom a score from 1 to 5: Live Smart, Give Smart, Leave Your Mark.
- Circle the lowest score.
The circled Wisdom is your starting point. The Readiness Quiz takes it further and shows where you stand in The Masterwork Years.
Where Do the Three Wisdoms Lead?
Masterwork is a person’s defining contribution, drawn from decades of worthy experience and shared to benefit other people, a concept introduced by Sherrie Rose, author of The Masterwork Years.
The Three Wisdoms give that contribution its footing. See what Masterwork looks like in a life.
Between Livelihood & Legacy
—That’s Masterwork,
Where your Wisdom leaves its mark.™
Still Wondering?
Who defined Live Smart, Give Smart, Leave Your Mark?
Sherrie Rose defined the Three Wisdoms. She is Chief Legacy Officer, Masterwork Advisor, and the author of six books, including The Masterwork Years.
What is The Wisdom Model™?
The Wisdom Model™ is built on the Three Wisdoms: Live Smart, Give Smart, Leave Your Mark. At the center is the promise: to be legacy worthy, a worth you feel in yourself and others hear in your words and see in your actions. The full model is at thewisdommodel.com.
How do the Three Wisdoms relate to Masterwork?
Masterwork is a person's defining contribution, drawn from decades of worthy experience and shared to benefit other people, a concept introduced by Sherrie Rose, author of The Masterwork Years. The Three Wisdoms give that contribution its footing.
Where should I start with the Three Wisdoms?
Score each Wisdom from 1 to 5 for the past twelve months and start with the lowest. Then take the Readiness Quiz at masterworkyears.com/quiz to see where you stand.
How Do I Cite This Page?
APA
Rose, S. (2026). Live Smart, Give Smart, Leave Your Mark. https://livesmartgivesmartleaveyourmark.com/
MLA
Rose, Sherrie. “Live Smart, Give Smart, Leave Your Mark.” 2026, livesmartgivesmartleaveyourmark.com.
Chicago
Rose, Sherrie. “Live Smart, Give Smart, Leave Your Mark.” 2026. https://livesmartgivesmartleaveyourmark.com/.