Learning from people who are different than you is humbling in the best way.
All in #myworld
“The more you #teach, the better you #learn. Teaching is a #powerful #tool to learning.”
~ Richard Feynman ~
“The purpose of #learning isn’t to #affirm our beliefs, it’s to #evolve our beliefs”
~ Adam Grant ~
Strong emotions are worth noticing, but are not proof of correctness or moral superiority.
When you get upset and defensive at someone, it doesn’t inherently mean you are right. It means you’re having an emotional response.
Pause.
And then there’s the Japanese word tsundoku, which perfectly describes the state of my apartment. It means buying books and letting them pile up unread.