Holding Opposing Ideas
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Holding Opposing Ideas
Open-minded people are more curious about why there is disagreement.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
Be willing to have your most fundamental beliefs challenged.
Better , be eager and question them yourself. For YouTuber Ordinary Things, “The real danger of modern times isn’t that we’ll fail to tell the fake world from the real one, but it’s that we’ll know the world is fake and choose to live in that one anyway because it’s comfortable.” How iron... See more
Better , be eager and question them yourself. For YouTuber Ordinary Things, “The real danger of modern times isn’t that we’ll fail to tell the fake world from the real one, but it’s that we’ll know the world is fake and choose to live in that one anyway because it’s comfortable.” How iron... See more
Matt Klein • The META Trending Trends: 2024
safeguard: Come up with Both-And options. Try to find ways of combining the binary. Think not in terms of choosing either X or Y, but rather having both X and Y.
Shane Parrish • Clear Thinking
In the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald,3 “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” Builders of greatness are comfortable with paradox. They don’t oppress themselves with what we call the “Tyranny of the OR,” which pushes people to believe tha
... See moreJim Collins • Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0
Closed-minded people have trouble holding two thoughts simultaneously in their minds.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
A mindset that can be paranoid and optimistic at the same time is hard to maintain, because seeing things as black or white takes less effort than accepting nuance. But you need short-term paranoia to keep you alive long enough to exploit long-term optimism.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
Have a contrarian point of view. Traits of a top-tier contrarian view:
- People can disagree with it, like the thesis of a persuasive essay. It’s debatable.
- Something you truly believe and can advocate for. Before future investors, customers, and team members do, you have to have personal conviction in it. And you have to believe people will be better
David • 99 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungooglable Startup Advice
A mindset that can be paranoid and optimistic at the same time is hard to maintain, because seeing things as black or white takes less effort than accepting nuance.