A strategy for thinking clearly: Rather than trying to be r… - James Clear

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A strategy for thinking clearly: Rather than trying to be right, assume you are wrong and try to be less wrong.

Trying to be right has a tendency to devolve into protecting your beliefs.

Trying to be less wrong has a tendency to prompt more questions and intellectual humility.

James Clear

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James Clear (born 1986) is an American writer and public speaker known for Self-improvement.

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