With new information and exposure to other points of view, you change your mind, you refine your worldview, you abandon limiting beliefs and adopt a new mindset. One of my favorite questions to ask myself is, "Why do I believe what I believe?" From religious dogmas to business practices, I question everything. It's one of the best ways to

in general, and on most issues, it’s fair to say that if you cannot imagine circumstances that would cause you to change your mind about something, then you may well be the victim of the power of sunk costs.

I then went back to my scientific training and began to reframe my opinions as working hypotheses. I changed my vocabulary to reflect this mental shift. At conferences, instead of saying “I argue…,” I began to say “This paper hypothesizes.…” In my case, this subtle verbal tweak tricked my mind into separating my arguments from my personal identity.