{"id":3413,"date":"2015-04-02T07:40:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T12:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/?p=3413"},"modified":"2023-05-10T13:18:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T18:18:05","slug":"are-you-opinionated-or-open-minded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/are-you-opinionated-or-open-minded\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Opinionated or Open Minded?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3413\" class=\"elementor elementor-3413\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b331cc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b331cc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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<strong>YES<\/strong>!\u00a0 We need to practice both: in <em>moderation<\/em>.\u00a0 The more important question is:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How do you prevent your strong opinions from becoming limiting blind spots?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4621 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/choice-sf.jpg\" alt=\"2 Attitudes\" width=\"570\" height=\"240\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/choice-sf.jpg 570w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/choice-sf-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/choice-sf-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/choice-sf-500x211.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" 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How much of your busy time do you spend trying to prove you&#8217;re right?\r\n\r\nIf you want to be truly open to <strong>new possibilities<\/strong>, you must be able to ask yourself:\u00a0 Have I been <em>wrong<\/em> about that?\u00a0 Then give yourself permission to say YES. If you can summon enough <em>emotional intelligence<\/em> to swallow your pride, the results can be liberating.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3>Related Articles<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"Your Mind Is Like A Parachute\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/is-your-mind-is-like-a-parachute\/\">Your Mind is Like a Parachute<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"The Door to My Office is Always Open, or is it?\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/the-door-to-my-office-is-always-open-or-is-it\/\">The Door To My Office is Always Open. 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