b'YOUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON COMMON SENSE For some people, however, their sense of reality becomes the only sense of reality,andtheybelievethattheycanmagicallymanipulateortransform situations to turn out as they wish. Irrational behavior for some and dementia for the less fortunate.1.The purpose and significance of common sense: common sense consists in exercisingsound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or the facts. This definition of common sense depends on not over-complicating the situation by keeping it simple, and then applying general experience and knowledge to the situation with sound, careful, context-derived judgment. Thisistheself-confidencethatthisexperienceholdsvalidforfuture situations.Common sense is practical intelligence. It is the mental capacity to deal with the challenges and opportunities of life. Common sense is situational, and it depends on the context of one aspect of your life that may be excellent while failing miserably in another aspect of your life. Germain Decelles371'