3 years ago

The stronger our belief system, the more difficult it is for us to look beyond our own perspective and treat other people's ideas worthy of consideration. Being stuck in right vs wrong can cause us to feel emotionally stressed out, prevent us from expressing our own ideas with the right frame of mind, and ignore what others have to say.

It can even make us secretly wish that the project fails so that we can go back and tell everyone "I told you so."

If you are too connected to your ideas and consider it a part of your identity, then even a slight hint of objection can shatter you to a thousand pieces and you can lose the opportunity to objectively consider a different point of view.

The shift in your belief that there's more to the story can give permission to your brain to engage with the conflict and learn from it by inquiring