As James Russell Lowell said, the foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.

People get stuck.

They become so dogmatic, they become so convinced that they're right and that feeling of being

right gives them a sense of self-worth.

And I'm telling you right now, with compassion because I want to see you win.

Valuing yourself or being right is a trap.

Thinking of yourself as smart is a trap.

And I get it, man.

I know how good it feels when you're right.

When you had the right idea and it goes out and it wins, that feels so good.

But if you can recognize that over time, it can only paint you into a corner because

the world changes, the world is adapting.

The very thing that makes humans the ultimate apex predator is that we adapt.

Charles Darwin said, it's not the strongest of the species that survive nor the most intelligent,

but rather the most adaptive to change.

You've got to be willing to change.

You've always got to be willing to seek out this confirming evidence.

You've got a hunger for it.

You've got to want to be proven wrong.

You've got to literally invite people into your world that are going to point out flaws

in your thinking because your thinking has already taken you as far as it's going to.

So if you want to get farther, if you want to get to that next level, you've got to stop

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