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Secrets Hall
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Secrets Hall
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Madame de Pompadour
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I have a little game for you.
What kind of game?
Walk into a room and find the person who knows something you do not.
And then?
Talk to them.
Not to impress them. To learn something.
That’s the game?
Yes. It is a very inexpensive game. You should play it constantly.
Clever people often make a strange mistake.
They spend so much energy proving they are clever that they stop learning.
So I should admit when I don’t know something?
Immediately.
“I don’t know” is a wonderfully useful sentence.
It leaves room for the much more interesting sentence that can follow.
“Teach me”?
Exactly.
And pay attention to people who are excellent at things you do not understand.
Artists. Scientists. Builders. Historians. Accountants. Anyone.
Accountants?
Yes. Someone has to stop everyone else from spending all the money.
Fair.
Curiosity makes you adaptable.
And adaptability is one of the quietest forms of power.
You do not need to know everything. Become very good at learning from people who know what you do not.
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