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…our basic nature is to be curious and self-directed.
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Knowing one’s own industry and one’s native markets is not enough to compete in the future. Take a deep and boundless curiosity about things outside your own profession and comfort zone.
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What set great presidents apart was their intellectual curiosity and openness.
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Scientific thinking favors humility over pride, doubt over certainty, curiosity over closure.
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We take pride in making rapid progress, which promotes a false sense of mastery. That jump-starts an overconfidence cycle, preventing us from doubting what we know and being curious about what we don’t.
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Task conflict can be constructive when it brings diversity of thought, preventing us from getting trapped in overconfidence cycles. It can help us stay humble, surface doubts, and make us curious about what we might be missing.
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Recent experiments show that having even one negotiator who brings a scientist’s level of humility and curiosity improves outcomes for both parties…
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The more anger and hostility the other person expresses, the more curiosity and interest you show. When someone is losing control, your tranquility is a sign of strength.
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…psychologists find that one of the hallmarks of an open mind is responding to confusion with curiosity and interest.
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Whomever we’re educating, we can express more humility, exude more curiosity, and introduce the children in our lives to the infectious joy of discovery.
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