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Get more comfortable admitting you're wrong

No great harm can come to you for being thoughtfully wrong.

You will make lots of decisions today.
Your decisions will be informed by assumptions.
Your assumptions are generated from your observation of the world.
Your observation of the world is gelled over by your bias.
Your bias formed as a result of your life.
Your life was never yours to start.

The first principles that guide your decisions may not be accurate; and you are likely wrong more than you’re right. It’s best to get it off your chest and admit it. Why? You get the benefit of perspective.

Considering multiple perspectives and inputs gives you the intel you need to make your work better.