The art of advocacy is to lead you to my conclusion on your terms. - Adam Grant

We become blinded by arrogance when we’re utterly convinced of our strengths and our strategies. We get paralyzed by doubt when we lack conviction in both. We can be consumed by an inferiority complex when we know the right method but feel uncertain about our ability to execute it. What we want to attain is confident humility: having faith in our capability while appreciating that we may not have the right solution or even be addressing the right problem. That gives us enough doubt to reexamine our old knowledge and enough confidence to pursue new insights.

We listen to views that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard.

A mark of lifelong learners is recognizing that they can learn something from everyone they meet.