Quotes About Openness

The mind is like an umbrella. Its most useful when open.

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

In order to solve problems, information has to be shared; and not only information, but doubts, fears and questions.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

The more you openly name your struggles, the less people can use your silence as a back door to blackmail you, to sabotage your leadership, or to subvert relationships within the organization.

Leadership is particularly necessary to ensure ready acceptance of the unfamiliar and that which is contrary to tradition.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

We learn more from people who are different from us than ones who are the same.

Don't be afraid to ask the 'dumb' question, everyone else will be relieved you had the guts to ask!

Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.

True leaders are the first to admit that they don't know everything and that they need help.

Stop categorizing and labeling! This is your way to avoid the unknown but brings the risk to avoid the new!

Until you are willing to be confused about what you already know, what you know will never grow bigger, better, or more useful.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting.

My parents were comfortable with me exploring areas that they were not proficient in. Some parents just aren't comfortable with that.

Smart people don't learn... because they have too much invested in proving what they know and avoiding being seen as not knowing.

By learning to open your heart and body while embracing and trusting all energies, from rough ravishment to sublime gentleness, you can open to be lived by the mystery that lives the entire universe.

Can we learn to become more learning-oriented individually and collectively, rather than 'I know' oriented?

We need to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed. It's OK to say, "I don't know."

Not only do we as individuals get locked into single-minded views, but we also reinforce these views for each other until the culture itself suffers the same mindlessness.

A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.

The mind is like tofu. It tastes like whatever you marinate it in.