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I played baseball for 17 years of my life. During that time, I had many different coaches and I began to notice repeating patterns among them. Coaches tend to come up through a certain system. New coaches will often land their first job as an assistant coach with their alma mater or a team they played with previously. After a few years, the young coach will move on to their own head coaching job where they tend to replicate the same drills, follow similar practice schedules, and even yell at their players in a similar fashion as the coaches they learned from. People tend to emulate their mentors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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#Repeating Behavior <\/p>\n

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This phenomenon\u2014our tendency to repeat the behavior we are exposed to\u2014extends to nearly everything we learn in life. Your political or religious beliefs are mostly the result of the system you were raised in. People raised by Catholic families tend to be Catholic. People raised by Muslim families tend to be Muslim. Although you may not agree on every issue, your parents\u2019 political attitudes tend to shape your political attitudes. The way we approach our day-to-day work and life is largely a result of the system we were trained in and the mentors we had along the way. At some point, we all learned to think from someone else. That\u2019s how knowledge is passed down.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the hard question: Who is to say that the way you originally learned something is the best way? What if you simply learned\u00a0one way<\/em>\u00a0of doing things, not\u00a0the way<\/em>\u00a0of doing things? Consider my baseball coaches. Did they actually consider all of the different ways of coaching a team? Or did they simply mimic the methods they had been exposed to? The same could be said of nearly any area in life. Who is to say that the way you originally learned a skill is the best way? Most people think they are experts in a field but they are really just experts in a particular style.<\/p>\n

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We tend to block the information that disagrees with we learned previously and yield to the information that confirms our current approach<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In this way, we become a slave to our old beliefs without even realizing it. We adopt a philosophy or strategy based on what we have been exposed to \u2013 without knowing if it\u2019s the optimal way to do things.<\/p>\n

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#Shoshin: The Beginner\u2019s Mind<\/p>\n

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There is a concept in Zen Buddhism known as\u00a0shoshin<\/em>, which means \u201cbeginner\u2019s mind.\u201d Shoshin\u00a0refers to the idea of letting go of your preconceptions and having an attitude of openness when studying a subject. When you are a true beginner, your mind is empty and open. You\u2019re willing to learn and consider all pieces of information, like a child discovering something for the first time. As you develop knowledge and expertise, however, your mind naturally becomes more closed. You tend to think, \u201cI already know how to do this\u201d and you become less open to new information.<\/p>\n

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There is a danger that comes with expertise. We tend to block the information that disagrees with we learned previously and yield to the information that confirms our current approach. We think we are learning, but in reality we are steamrolling through information and conversations, waiting until we hear something that matches up with our current philosophy or previous experience, and cherry-picking information to justify our current behaviors and beliefs. Most people don\u2019t want new information, they want validating information.<\/p>\n

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In the beginner\u2019s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert\u2019s there are few<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The problem is that when you are an expert you actually need to pay\u00a0more<\/em>\u00a0attention, not less. Why? Because when you are already familiar with 98 percent of the information on a topic, you need to listen very carefully to pick up on the remaining 2 percent.<\/p>\n

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As adults our prior knowledge blocks us from seeing things anew. To quote zen master Shunryo Suzuki, \u201cIn the beginner\u2019s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert\u2019s there are few.\u201d<\/p>\n

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#How to Rediscover Your Beginner\u2019s Mind<\/p>\n

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Here are a few practical ways to rediscover your beginner\u2019s mind and embrace the concept of\u00a0shoshin:<\/p>\n

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##Let go of the need to add value<\/p>\n

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Many people, especially high achievers, have an overwhelming need to provide value to the people around them. On the surface, this sounds like a great thing. But in practice, it can handicap your success because you never have a conversation where you just shut up and listen. If you\u2019re constantly adding value (\u201cYou should try this\u2026\u201d or \u201cLet me share something that worked well for me\u2026\u201d) then you kill the ownership that other people feel about their ideas. At the same time, it\u2019s impossible for you to listen to someone else when you\u2019re talking. So, step one is to let go of the need to always contribute. Step back every now and then and just observe and listen. For more on this, read Marshall Goldsmith\u2019s excellent audiobook\u00a0What Got You Here Won\u2019t Get You There<\/a><\/p>\n

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##Let go of the need to win every argument<\/p>\n

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A few years ago, I read\u00a0a smart post\u00a0by Ben Casnocha about becoming less competitive as time goes on. In Ben\u2019s words, \u201cOthers don\u2019t need to lose for me to win.\u201d This is a philosophy that fits well with the idea ofshoshin. If you\u2019re having a conversation and someone makes a statement that you disagree with, try releasing the urge to correct them. They don\u2019t need to lose the argument for you to win. Letting go of the need to prove a point opens up the possibility for you to learn something new. Approach it from a place of curiosity:\u00a0Isn\u2019t that interesting. They look at this in a totally different way.<\/em>\u00a0Even if you are right and they are wrong, it doesn\u2019t matter. You can walk away satisfied even if you don\u2019t have the last word in every conversation.<\/p>\n

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##Tell me more about that<\/p>\n

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I have a tendency to talk a lot. Every now and then, I\u2019ll challenge myself to stay quiet and pour all of my energy into listening to someone else. My favorite strategy is to ask someone to, \u201cTell me more about that.\u201d It doesn\u2019t matter what the topic is, I\u2019m simply trying to figure out how things work and open my mind to hearing about the world through someone else\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n

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##Assume that you are an idiot<\/p>\n

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In his fantastic book,\u00a0Fooled by Randomness<\/a>, Nassim Taleb writes, \u201cI try to remind my group each week that we are all idiots and know nothing, but we have the good fortune of knowing it.\u201d The flaws discussed in this article are simply a product of being human. We all have to learn information from someone and somewhere, so we all have a mentor or a system that guides our thoughts. The key is to realize this influence.<\/p>\n

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We are all idiots, but if you have the privilege of knowing that, then you can start to let go of your preconceptions and approach life with the openness of a beginner.<\/p>\n

Article by James Clear, FFI see his website<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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