“If you never change your mind, why have one?” Edward De Bono
It happens. You support a candidate and he or she turns out to be a crook. You wear a belief on your chest only to have it ripped away by undeniable evidence. Your big idea turns out to be a bad one.
You have two choices. You can close your eyes, plant your feet, and stick your chest out, or you can do what you know you need to do: eat your words. The sooner you do, the faster you’ll grow. It’s okay to be wrong, but it’s stupid to stay wrong as a matter of principle.
Do you have some words you need to eat? Why not swallow them now and get on with the business of changing and growing?
Think, draw, write.
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Nice illustration for alphabet soup.
Challenging our own belief system is always uncomfortable so we seek what reinforce our existing believes and reject evidences against it. It’s a healthier thing if we really do eat our words every now and then.
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I completely agree, Kelvin. Great synopsis of the problem.