The Power of Having an Open Mind
By: Brandon Bell
Tags: Power, Self, Self Improvement, Mind, Life Lessons

The world will not work in your favor if you’re constantly having a closed mind. The number of ideas that are being generated in today’s day and age is infinite. People are discovering new ways of thinking and different ways of how things work.

On your self-improvement journey, you can’t only rely on your thoughts to take over any obstacle that comes your way. Your thoughts have to be influenced by others and made into your own sense. Even certain mantras that we say to ourselves come from other people who are successful and from older literature.

Only certain ideas stick to your brain after a long period of time. Working on yourself should be for the greater good, what’s the point in improving if you can’t help improve the world. In order to gain knowledge and wisdom, you have to put your ego aside and learn from others and take in different perspectives. It’s not an easy thing to do because we have different principles instilled in us that don’t want to go away.

When we see something that tries to alter that principle we ultimately become defensive and we tell the other person that they’re wrong. It’s not that they’re wrong, it’s just that they have a different perspective of the situation which is fine.

You don't know everything about everybody and if you think you do then you would be very surprised. Just because you think the principles that you learned are right doesn’t mean that they are. You can only grow so much when you’re alone. Yes, there are things that do require you to be alone but ultimately it’s not best to have this mindset.

People are here to help you, and even if they want something in return, let that be a lesson for you.

Your Friends Will Prove You Wrong

Isn’t it obvious, your friends know things that you don’t? It’s not something to be ashamed about but something to be thankful for. Have your friends keep you in check, always.

When you’re working on yourself, it’s common to start getting obsessed with yourself. This isn’t healthy at all, you need to remember that having different perspectives in your life from people that you know and care about will help to keep those relationships.

When doing self-improvement you will lose people that you thought you needed in your life and you will gain new ones as well. This isn’t all about self-improvement but it’s a natural part of life as well. Even though you feel like you read a good amount of self-improvement books daily and you do intensive amounts of research, doesn't mean what you’re doing is correct.

The people who are close to you may not be putting in the same amount of work that you are but they still have lives to live and they still have experiences that you haven't had yet.

At the end of the day, they have their opinion and you have yours. This shouldn’t stop you guys from being friends, if anything it should only make your relationship stronger.

Introduce your friends to self-improvement and allow them to take their own journey. They will be able to relate to you more and provide you with a different perspective as well.

Remember, there’s always more than one right answer. You don’t have to be right all of the time, being wrong will show you that your journey to self-improvement isn’t over and that you have a long way to go.