Quotes About Openness

When team members trust one another, when they know that everyone on the team is capable of admitting when they don't have the right answer, and when they're willing to acknowledge when someone else's idea is better than theirs, the fear of conflict and the discomfort it entails is greatly diminished. When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer. It is not only okay but desirable.

when team members reveal aspects of their personal lives to their peers, they learn to get comfortable being open with them about other things. They begin to let down their guard about their strengths, weaknesses, opinions, and ideas.

the only way to do this is to overcome our need for invulnerability

It was astounding how much more comfortable I felt just being honest. So I kept going.

Trust] requires team members to make themselves vulnerable to one another, and be confident that their respective vulnerabilities will not be used against them.

Trust is the foundation of real teamwork. And so the first dysfunction is a failure on the part of team members to understand and open up to one another.

Great teams do not hold back with one another," she said. "They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

What is most important is that team members get comfortable letting their colleagues see them for who they are. No pretension. No positioning.

When it comes to teams, trust is all about vulnerability. Team members who trust one another learn to be comfortable being open, even exposed, to one another around their failures, weaknesses, even fears.

it's wrong to be right; it's right to be wrong.

you will have to leave behind your need to appear perfect, and instead be appropriately transparent with others.

So the optimal plan, if you can manage it, is to have a few trusted friends you can speak openly to. This is not just a way to develop ideas; it's also a good rule of thumb for choosing friends. The people you can say heretical things to without getting jumped on are also the most interesting to know.

The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes.

What I find is that you can do almost anything or go almost anywhere if you're not in a hurry.

Travel had to do with movement and truth, with trying everything, offering yourself to experience and then reporting it.

for the space and spontaneity of a convenient and roomy country

discernment asks that we constantly be open, both to God's gentle nudges and to the many opportunities for grace that are constantly being presented.

I'll do whatever you like

I simply believe that a book has a journey to make, and should not be condemned to being stuck on a shelf… Let's leave our books free to travel, then, to be touched by other hands, and enjoyed by other eyes.

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because we don't know what to do with it.

It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think yours is the only path.