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  • - [Narrator] Principles for Success,

  • an ultra mini-series adventure in 30 minutes,

  • and in eight episodes.

  • Episode seven, be radically open-minded.

  • (calm orchestral music)

  • Taking risks and occasionally being ruined

  • wasn't acceptable, and neither was not taking risks,

  • and not having exceptional results.

  • I needed an approach that would give me

  • the exceptional upside without also giving me

  • the exceptional downside.

  • When I discovered it, it turned out to be my holy grail.

  • To get it, I needed to replace the joy of being proven right

  • with the joy of learning what's true.

  • (birds chirping) (tranquil orchestral music)

  • This need prompted me to seek out

  • the most thoughtful people I could find

  • who disagreed with me.

  • I didn't care about their conclusions,

  • I just wanted to see things through their eyes,

  • and to have them see things through my eyes,

  • so that together, we could hash things out

  • to discover what's true.

  • In other words, what I wanted most from them

  • was thoughtful disagreement,

  • going from seeing things through just my eyes

  • to seeing things through the eyes of these thoughtful people

  • was like going from seeing things in black and white

  • to seeing them in color.

  • (orchestral music builds) (birds chirping)

  • The world lit up!

  • (lion growling)

  • (wings flapping)

  • That's when I realized that the best way

  • to go through the jungle of life is with insightful people

  • who see things differently from me.

  • Think about the five step process I described earlier.

  • As I said, because we are wired so differently,

  • not everyone can do all the five steps well,

  • (screaming)

  • but you don't have to do them all alone.

  • You can get help from others

  • who are good at what you're not,

  • who are wired to perceive things you can't.

  • All you need to do is let go of your attachment

  • to having the right answers yourself,

  • and use your fear of being wrong

  • to become open-minded to these other views.

  • (tranquil orchestral music) (birds chirping)

  • In this way, you could point out the risks and opportunities

  • that you would individually miss.

  • I found that taking this radically open-minded approach

  • and believability weighting people's thinking

  • significantly increased my probabilities

  • of making the best decisions possible.

  • This enabled me to ascend to greater heights

  • and greater challenges.

  • In the past, I would have always wanted to do

  • what I myself thought was best,

  • but now I sought out the strongest independent thinkers

  • I could find, I still do.

  • There is nothing better to be on shared mission

  • with extraordinary people who can be radically truthful,

  • and radically transparent with each other.

  • This approach led me to create a company

  • with a unique idea meritocracy,

  • operating in a unique way that produced unique successes.

  • In an idea meritocracy, you get the best of everybody.

  • Everyone thinks independently,

  • then we work through our disagreements

  • to get at what's best.

  • However, not every opinion is equally valuable,

  • and we had to learn to distinguish between good ideas

  • and bad ones to get the best decisions.

  • In other words,

  • we needed to believability weight people's thinking.

  • But that's another story I will explain

  • in my work principles.

  • Right now, there are many wonderful opportunities

  • and dangerous risks surrounding you that you don't see.

  • If you saw them free of the distortions produced

  • by your ego or your blind spots,

  • you would be able to deal with them more effectively.

  • If you could acquire this ability,

  • and with practice you can,

  • you will radically improve your life.

  • In episode eight, I will conclude our short journey together

  • with a few practical thoughts

  • so that you can begin your own journey

  • toward whatever you want.

- [Narrator] Principles for Success,

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