Short excerpt from a YouTube video '3 Keys to Relationship Success' (Jeffrey Jaime, CISSP). Speaker A presents the first recommended practice: explicitly say 'I don't know' when appropriate and admit when you're wrong, framing such admissions as signs of intellectual challenge and personal growth.
I think more people could benefit from practicing these three things. First, say I don't know more. Admit when you're wrong. Set aside all pride and just say, I don't know. Practice saying it. A lot of us just need to learn to set our pride aside and not only say I don't know, but then admit when you're wrong. If you're really challenging yourself intellectually, you'll find that you say, I don't know a lot. And that's a good thing. That means you're growing.
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