Intelligence: 'An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Intelligent people welcome finding flaws in their own thinking. They are not embarrassed by errors.
- In plain terms
- Smart people are happy to find mistakes in their thinking.
- What can you take from it?
- Stay open to correcting your own misunderstandings.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you afraid to be wrong?
- How do you handle correction?
Another view
Some mistake confidence for intelligence.
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