Mark Twain said “It is not what we don’t know that gets us into trouble. It is what we think we know for sure.”

What we think we know for sure becomes a blind spot because we stop examining it, and we all have these blind spots. Many of them.

One way to help uncover your blind spots is to ask others their opinion, especially others who you have difficulty communicating with or understanding. That difficulty is probably because they see the world a bit differently to you, and that means they have valuable information for you, if only you are prepared to really listen with the goal of understanding.

Value and use the diversity of thinking that is around you rather than simply dismiss others as people who simply can’t or won’t understand.

Ask yourself and them, “What are we each assuming/knowing about this issue that is different, so we get different answers?”

You may still disagree with them, but you do now have more insight. That will make you much more flexible in your ability to solve problems and then communicate those solutions to others.

The elephant and the giraffe story

My best wishes, Paul
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