As we approach any life transition we can pause…

Page 197. As we approach any life transition we can pause to ask people what they wish they’d known before they went through that experience.

— from Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit) · Think Again by Adam Grant

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Third, learn from others; as Newton said, if he saw further it was by standing on the shoulders of giants. Reading widely lets you borrow the hard-won experience of others rather than paying full price for your own — for only the fool insists on learning solely from his own mistakes; and a simple, powerful habit before any big transition is to ask people who have already been through it what they wish they had known beforehand. Fourth, and this is a hard one, love truth more than you love being right — which means being willing to admit you are wrong, and welcoming new information even when it overturns a belief you held dear, because now you finally have the truth. […] Trust the daily over the dramatic. What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while; automate the routine so your energy is free for what matters; and master the basics rather than chasing shortcuts. Stay a student of the world. Read widely to borrow other people's experience; learn by doing, not only by reading; ask those ahead of you what they wish they'd known; and question everything, passing each claim through a sieve before you keep it. To my children, and to theirs: — Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)

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