Most people make bad decisions because they are so certain that they're right that they don't allow themselves to see the better alternatives that exist. Radically open-minded people know that coming up with the right questions and asking other smart people what they think is as important as having all the answers. They understand that you can't make a great decision without swimming for a while in a state of "not knowing." That is because what exists within the area of "not knowing" is so much greater and more exciting than anything any one of us knows. And there are strategies that you can take to make you more successful given the reality of not knowing--such as triangulation and diversification that can make you more successful. Most people make the mistake of thinking that the best path is to get to higher levels of knowing than are possible to achieve rather than realizing that the better path is to know how to deal well with their not knowing. #principleoftheday