Value-Curiosity

1. What do you think about the most right now? 2. When do you feel the most safe? 3. Who is your funniest friend, and why? 4. Are any of your friends going through a tough time? How can we pray for them? 5. What are you most excited about?

Most arguments are ego competitions disguised as truth-seeking.

Learning to say “you’re probably right” will save you a lot of time and energy.

“You are as old as the risks you take. In many ways, aging is not the process of growing old, but rather the slow death of becoming overly protective, scared, and worried about losing what you have. Youth is found in the energy of going for it, taking the risk, and trusting that you’ll figure it out along the way.”

What truly changes the game is when an organization decides to commit to being better at being better.

That’s hard to do and difficult to compete against.

The most difficult part of adult learning is choosing to learn.

“Logos is both the divine Word that creates, reveals, and saves (Jewish thought) and the rational, ordering force behind all things (Greek thought)—fully realized in the person of Jesus.”

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

- George Bernard Shaw

“Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.”

- Victor Hugo

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

- Romans 12:2

"Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all."

Source: Words to the Wise (hat tip to Dylan O'Sullivan )

Feedback loops are what make systems dynamic. Without feedback, a system does the same thing over and over. Understand them, respect them, and use them wisely.

— Source: The Great Mental Models v3: Systems and Mathematics