Leading Thoughts for October 3, 2024

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with:

Brian Solis on keeping an open mind:

“I don’t know that I’ve ever encountered anyone who self-identifies as ‘close-minded.’ But the fact is, our minds have been built to resist new information, especially when it refutes our prior experience or goes against our beliefs. We tend to surround ourselves with people like us, which fortifies our beliefs. When we’re surrounded by similar beliefs, we’re rarely challenged. Opening our minds up is also hard because it is a form of shifting our identity. When we engage in questioning what we’ve learned from our experiences and interrogating our beliefs, we can feel unmoored. Disruption is inevitable. Either we can let it challenge our experiences and beliefs and inspire us to reshape them or we can dig in and fight from our comfort zones.”

Source: Mindshift: Ignite Change, Inspire Action, and Innovate for a Better Tomorrow

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Brad Stulberg developing rugged yet flexible boundaries:

“If you rigidly dig in, hoping to stay the same and trying to insulate yourself from change, then you run the risk of falling apart. But if you are fluid without any boundaries or direction, then it can become quite confusing as to who you even are. When you feel the ground shifting underneath you, when you don’t know your next move, you can ask yourself, How might I move in the direction of may core values? Ruggedness without flexibility is rigidity; flexibility without ruggedness is instability. Only organizations that deliberately cultivate their rugged boundaries and then flexibly apply them have a shot at prospering over the long haul.”

Source: Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You

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