No.8: Being Close-Minded.


Not a thing is impossible.

Whatever seems impossible today is only misunderstood.

An open mind is one that sees the not-so-obvious, the conceptual one that always sees the big picture. It is the elastic mind that is open to opportunities, with a healthy risk appetite.

The open mind is not constrained to an industry, a role, or a custom career trajectory.

Like Steve Job said: “Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do”. Being open-minded is not being crazy or irrational. But it is putting no limits to possibilities. It is about knowing that things are first created internally before they come to reality externally.

A close-minded employee who has spent ample time in a career path, and is suddenly redeployed by management to head a very different but smaller unit, just when promotion is due would perceive the event as a demotion or redundant move.

The open-minded employee on the other hand would see it as an opportunity to acquire new competences, become more competitive, and learn enough to take on a more encompassing role in the future.

From a wider perspective, an open-minded person is less inclined to suffer anxiety, depression, high-blood pressure, and all the health challenges that come from worrying, particularly in an unpredictable society as ours. This is because; the person is constantly seeing the ray of sunshine through every cloud of life.

So, you may not have all the answers to life’s many questions, but if you are open-minded, you will constantly see the options that life throws your way.

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