I continuously aim to live a life not blurred by my own personal ideas and beliefs, but as humans, we all at some point default to the comfort of our own thoughts. To defeat this, we have to recognize the value in other people. Coming together as part of a conversation pools ideas and beliefs that may have never been considered otherwise. Whenever listening to someone else, particularly to someone who might be disagreeing with you personal belief system, its best to go into the conversation with as little predilection as possible. Subconsciously, its difficult to ignore our innate biases, but it is extremely valuable to practice becoming aware of them.

In solving a problem where the whole team may be traveling down the wrong path, it is always important to stay mindful of the scope of the problem. Seeing results does not always guarantee that the path will uncover the solution if the results are not relevant to the scope of the problem. In practice, regularly reconsider the problem from the beginning to reevaluate your decisions. You may come to find there have been obvious questions in front of you that you failed in asking. Avoid overlooking and overcomplicating the problem.