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If we care about accuracy, we can’t afford to have blind spots. To get an accurate picture of our knowledge and skills, it can help to assess ourselves like scientists looking through a microscope.
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…knowledge is best sought from experts, but creativity and wisdom can come from anywhere.
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Most of us are accustomed to defining ourselves in terms of our beliefs, ideas, and ideologies. This can become a problem when it prevents us from changing our minds as the world changes and knowledge evolves.
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…there’s evidence that people are more interested in hiring candidates who acknowledge legitimate weaknesses as opposed to bragging or humblebragging.
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An informed audience is going to spot the holes in our case… We might as well get credit for having the humility to look for them, the foresight to spot them, and the integrity to acknowledge them.
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In performance cultures, we… censor ourselves in the presence of experts who seem to know all the answers – especially if we lack confidence in our own expertise.
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…any knowledge about what makes us better at the things we want to do… can be used not just to make us richer but also to make us happier.
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In general, the knowledge of top performers is integrated and connected to higher-level principles.
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Building and developing knowledge is one of the things that deliberate practice accomplishes.
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Constantly trying to extend one’s abilities in a field requires amassing additional knowledge, and staying at it for years develops the critical connections that organize all that knowledge and make it useful.
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