14. Ignorance – Know What You Don’t Know

Active listening may be your most important skill set. Here is how to practice it:

1. More listening less talking.
2. Do not answer a question with a question.
3. Do not finish the other person’s sentence.
4. Avoid narcissism and focus on the other person.
5. Foc...

• The defeatist mindset: When you admit you don't know enough to do a task and think someone else should do it. Here "I don't know" is an excuse for not completing a task and prevents you from learning new skills.

• A growth-driven mindset:

It's knowing how to learn. Learning itself is a skill, and knowing how to do it well is an incredibly valuable advantage.

Merely acquiring information is not learning. People need the ability to make sense of complexity and to combine many bits of data into...