Here is today’s Game and what’s going on.
This is what I learned from Dave Hollis‘ book, Get Out of Your Own Way.
Today’s highlights and declaration come from the chapter titled “The Lie: Being Right All The Time Doesn’t Make Me An Ass.” Let’s jump in:
- It’s simple. For the sake of your personal brand, your ability to connect in a relationship, and maybe even a book the world needs to read, get out of your own way and allow yourself to be wrong when you are.
THINGS THAT CAN HELP YOU
- Prioritize which hills to take: Losing some battles to win the war is a thing. Not all arguments are created equal. The sooner you can appreciate that there are some things not worth fighting for, the better you’ll use your time. Work on building your relationships up for the times when you really do need to take a stand on something that actually matters.
- See the downside of insisting you are right when you are wrong.
- Open yourself to the value of others’ ideas: There is an upside to considering other people’s ideas and points of view as you tackle an issue. When you value achieving the goal over being right about the best way to get there, you not only get there faster because of the new possibilities you’ve opened yourself up to, you’ve likely endeared yourself to your partner or team who have become accomplices in getting you there.
That leads us to today’s Dadly Daily Declaration:
Being right all the time totally makes you an ass.
You can either win every argument and have strained relationships for the rest of your life, or you can humble yourself to the reality that you’re not right all the time, accept help when you need it, and change your position when you’re presented with new evidence that points in a different direction.
