Passive No More: 10 Days To Purposeful Living

Practice being wrong

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Did you know it's OK to be wrong? In fact, I'd like to encourage you today to PRACTICE being wrong. Let me explain... Have you ever taken a standardized personality test? You know, one of those that has a series of statements like "I enjoy managing details" and then asks you to rate 1-5 how much you agree with that statement. A "1" would mean you don't agree at all, and a "5" would mean that describes you perfectly. One statement I can relate to on tests like that is this one: "I am right most of the time." I mean, seriously, I think I'm right pretty much all the time. I used to joke about it saying, "I've never been wrong except for this one time when I thought I was wrong but then ended up being right, so technically, I was still right." If you want to punch me in the face right now for sounding arrogant, I really wouldn't blame you, but before we come to blows, let me explain why people like me think we're right. We think we're right because we pay attention to the details! We're the accountants of the wor