Learning to Learn

Every company faces a learning dilemma: the smartest people find it the hardest to learn.

Chris Argyris

Why don't intelligent people learn? The simple answer is: they think they already know it all!

As a recovering smart person, I'm am learning ask myself questions:

• Is it possible (just possible, maybe not even probable) that I may be wrong?
  
• Or if not really wrong, that some other idea may be just as valid as mine?
  
• What assumptions am I making that keep me from looking for other ideas?
  
• Am I willing to let go of these assumptions in order to learn?
  
• And if there's some other really cool idea out there that I've overlooked, is it possible that I'm missing out on the potential benefits of implementing that idea?
  
• What is the opportunity cost of assuming I'm right all the time? Am I willing to pay that price?