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Imagining A Different World

By Kathy Gottberg
Filed under: Aware, Meaningful

This morning I listened to a podcast interview of author and speaker Adam Grant.  I wrote a blog post about his latest book several weeks ago and he is still on my mind.  What I appreciate most from that book is his challenge to “think again” about so many of my deeply held thoughts and beliefs—and to do it from an open, curious and humble position. What if instead of approaching the day like we normally do,  we did it as though it really was the first day of the rest of our life? What if we threw out all our preconceived ideas about right or wrong and started fresh?  What if we gave people the benefit of the doubt, trusting that most people are basically good?  What if we were willing to admit that a lot of the time we don’t have the answers and are just trying to do our best? What if we gave other people the same consideration? Instead of ever thinking that I wish other people knew more, did better or acted more like I think they should act—I decided instead to be the best kind of person I could be?  What if we all did? Imagining what the world would be like from that space would be a very SMART thing to do.

 

 

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How Willing Are You To Think Again?

By Kathy Gottberg
Filed under: Aware, SMART Book Reviews

In another lifetime I am certain I would have become a social scientist.  I love learning about why I and other people think and do things like we do.  So naturally when I stumbled upon a new interview of author and Wharton Business School Professor Adam Grant, I couldn’t wait to hear his thoughts.  Just to be clear, I haven’t yet read his new book Think Again—The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know.  But I was so excited about his ideas from several interviews that I simply couldn’t wait to put some of them down on paper and share them with you.  Call it cheating if you want, I like to tell myself I have yours and mine best interests at heart.  Undoubtedly, that is just another example of how we can easily fool ourselves into believing what we believe is true for everyone.  So yes, there is power in being willing to know you can’t be certain about those many things you think you know.

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Kathy Gottberg is an author with seven published books and hundreds of articles covering dozens of topics in the last 35 years. Along with her books, her passion today is SMART Living 365 where she explores ideas and experiences that help to create a meaningful, sustainable, compassionate and rewarding life for herself and others. Beyond that, she lives with Thom, her best friend and soul mate in Tucson, AZ.

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