Change Your Mind About Changing Your Mind.
'The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.'
- William James
Either/Or.
Guilty/Not Guilty.
Trustworthy/Untrustworthy.
Hired/Fired.
With me/Against me.
On/Off.
These black/white filters of information sabotage good decision making.
They shut out new information.
Our fear is that it may compel us to do that terribly humiliating thing:
Change our minds.
Information liberates.
It allows us to exercise the true test of our freedom:
Choice.
At a cost:
Anxiety. (I might be wrong.)
Which is why we get paid.
Be the naive inquirer.
Try this:
Treat all information that you receive as new.
'How interesting! Tell me more...'