Discovery

"The only way to discover new things is to open your mind."~Allen Steble

This quote is kind of a DUH! quote, but think about it before you dismiss it.

Everyone says that they have an open mind, but do they really? Are you really open to hearing about why the other side believes the way they do, or have you shut your mind? In the US today, we are divided in half by people's political thoughts. In fact, if you disagree with this President, they will harass and demonize you and then ask your neighbors to let the White House know about it.

Our higher learning institutions are supposed to be about the free exchange of ideas, yet how many campuses have "Speech codes" and other such nonsense? "When everybody is thinking the same, nobody is thinking." Allow yourself to break out of that kind of group-think and learn to THINK FOR YOURSELF!

Another way that we close off our mind to new discoveries is to use the 3 most dreadful words in the English language, "I know that." How many times to day did you say that? Each time, you shut down the process for discovery and you lose!

A long time ago, one of my first mentors said to me, "You may have heard it 99 times, but the 100th time you hear something, then you get it." It might be a matter of not being ready to hear that yet, or not being open to something, but never use those dreadful words!

"The only way to discover new things is to open your mind."