Chad Silverstein delivers a short spoken reflection on humility and lifelong learning. He argues that a “know-it-all” attitude is arrogance, that everyone—regardless of background, wealth, or status—has something to teach, and that effective leaders intentionally learn from others rather than judge them by money or position.
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There's nothing worse than a know it all. Someone who's got all the answers, who can't learn from other people, feels like they, since they've been there, they've done that, that you can't teach them anything new. And the fact is, is that we can actually learn something new from every single person that we meet. No matter who they are, no matter what class they're in, no matter where they've lived, what they've experienced, there's something to learn from every single person. You just have to actually want to learn from them and not see yourself above them. As soon as you get into that place where you feel like you're above somebody because of your position, because of your experience, it's the exact opposite of humility. That is arrogance. And I think sometimes arrogance can be confused with confidence. But this is the way to define arrogance. When you think you can't learn anything new from anyone because you know it all and it's just not true. It just. It's just a fact. There's just no way for you to know it all, and there's no way that you can't learn from everybody. You just have to be open to it, you have to pursue it. And know that when someone else kind of comes into your culture, they have experienced things in life that you haven't, and they may be a lot more successful in certain areas of their life than you are in your life. And unfortunately, today, people just tend to look at people's wealth and their checkbook to see how they would rank them and how they would see them in their reputation. And unfortunately, it's just not the case. You can have a billionaire who everyone kind of kisses their butt, and the guy could be a wife beater, it could be someone who abuses his kids, who knows? But your financial status is no indication of who you are. And we tend to downplay that. We tend to not have a good eye when we see people. We judge people, and we have to work against that. And the best leaders, they know that they have something to learn from everybody, and they actually take time to get to know people. And doesn't matter who it is, what the situation is. There's just never nonstop lifelong learning for leaders who are striving to grow. So you gotta join that camp.
