Develop an Open Mind

When I was younger, I used to have a set of beliefs that I thought everyone had to have also. If they didn't conform to my views, I would think there was something wrong with them. Well, this caught up to me in life one day with my first business. Going into our fourth meeting, I had developed ideas I thought were great, and was sure my team would love them too. During the meeting, I presented them -- and to my surprise, it didn't go too well. The ideas, they said, were bizarre. Well, I fought, fought, and fought some more to show them that I was right -- and they were wrong. There was never a fifth meeting. Develop an open mind.

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