ITL258: How to Know When to Challenge Conventional Wisdom
In the Loop with Andy Andrews
Matt Lempert
4.9 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2016
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss when to challenge conventional wisdom and why it's not always correct.
Be careful believing something just because it's said a lot.
- There is never really a time where you don't want to challenge conventional wisdom, especially if it has been around a long time.
There are several examples of conventional wisdom being incorrect.
- A popular belief is that someone will forget what you said and did, but will never forget how you made them feel. This isn't true—people WILL remember because it was your actions that caused them to feel that way.
- An influential figure in academia said the #1 thing a teacher needs to do is have passion for their subject and convey that passion to their students. This also isn't true—is it not more important for them to be teaching correct information?
- A Miss America winner once spoke on a presidential election by saying the candidates should be focused on compromise. The problem is, you can only compromise on opinions—you can't compromise on principles or facts.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to In the Loop, a unique opportunity to see life from a different perspective |
| 0:06.5 | with New York Times bestselling author, Andy Andrews. Now here's your host, David Loy. |
| 0:13.0 | Hi, and welcome to In The Loop with Andy Andrews. I'm your host, David Lloyd. Andy, how are you today? |
| 0:18.0 | I'm doing good. David Loy, how are you doing? I'm fantastic. Nice, Stephanie. She's great. As always, much better. They're all much better than me. All great. All neighbor's good. That I know. Yes, they are. Now, Andy, I've got a confession to make. I know we told you that there was no sponsor for this week's episode. Right. Because of time, right? |
| 0:37.8 | Right. |
| 0:38.2 | It's very hard and awkward for me to say this. |
| 0:41.4 | I lied to you. |
| 0:43.7 | So I did. |
| 0:45.1 | Well, this isn't you, Matt. |
| 0:46.4 | Matt, you're bigger than David. |
| 0:48.2 | Please come over here. |
| 0:49.7 | What did you do? |
| 0:50.9 | I lied to you because we have a special announcement. |
| 0:53.9 | This week's sponsor for In the Loop with Andy Andrews is none other than your new book, The Little Things, by Andy Andrews releasing in March of 2017. |
| 1:04.7 | However, it is available for pre-order right now on Amazon. |
| 1:09.1 | Go to Amazon, type in The Little Things, Andy Andrews, and go ahead and pre-order this book. Andy, tell people I'm putting on the spot of it. Wait, wait, wait, I'm trying to wrap my head around this first. I am sponsoring myself. You are. Well, technically, I guess I'm sponsored. I'm putting the book. Harper College. There you go. The publisher is sponsoring in the loop with the new book, The Little Things. |
| 1:30.2 | It's always nice to get a little money out of them. |
| 1:33.5 | Well, I'm putting you on the spot. |
| 1:35.3 | You didn't know we were doing this, but tell people a little bit about the little things. |
| 1:40.5 | I'm very excited about this book. |
| 1:42.5 | You know, people always ask about what I do when I'm working with clients and what I do to |
| 1:49.2 | help people behind the scenes. |
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