Open your mind

Your mind is like a parachute – it won’t work unless you open it.

Here are some ways I try to approach my life with an open mind:

• Have conversations with people you don’t know – from different backgrounds, cultures, beliefs…
• Talk with older people – some of them are wise, knowledgeable, and willing to share their life experiences.
• Ask open-ended questions, a lot of them – dig deeper into something you’re interested in.
• Debate to understand different perspectives, not to win an argument.
• Talk to people around you even if you don’t fully agree with them.
• Look beyond yourself – the world doesn’t revolve around you.
• Listen and talk attentively and respectfully.
• Put yourself in other’s shoes.
• Listen more than you talk.
• Disagree and commit.

What did I miss?

What are some of the ways you approach life with an open mind?