Most people don’t understand what it means to be radically open-minded. They describe open-mindedness as being “open to being wrong,” but stubbornly cling to whatever opinion is in their head and fail to seek an understanding of the reasoning behind alternative points of view. To be radically open-minded you must:
a. Sincerely believe that you might not know the best possible path and recognize that your ability to deal well with “not knowing” is more important than whatever it is you do know. Most people make bad decisions because they are so certain that they’re right that they don’t allow themselves to see the better alternatives that exist. Radically open-minded people know that coming up with the right questions and asking other smart people what they think is as important as having all the answers. They understand that you can’t make a great decision without swimming for a while in a state of “not knowing.” That is because what exists within the area of “not knowing” is so much greater and more exciting than anything any one of us knows.
大多数人不明白什么是“头脑极度开放”，他 们只是把头脑开放理解为“承认自己可能是错 的”，但依然顽固地坚持自己的任何观点，不寻 求理解其他观点背后的理由。要做到头脑极度开 放，你必须：
a.诚恳地相信你也许并不知道最好的解决办 法是什么，并认识到，与你知道的东西相比，能
不能妥善处理“不知道”才是更重要的。大多数人 做出糟糕的决策是因为他们确信自己是对的，不 让自己看到确实存在的更好的选项。头脑极度开 放的人知道，找到问题的所有答案很重要，但提 出正确的问题并向其他聪明人请教也很重要。他 们明白，如果你不在一种“不知道”的状态下探索 一段时间，你就不可能做出很好的决策。这是因 为，与任何人知道的任何东西相比，“不知道”区 域里的东西要重要得多，令人兴奋得多。
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