Borrowing a Flashlight

You think you got it right.

You built it, after all. You understand it. You’ve lived it. Defended it.

Plus, it’s hard. You’ve spent a lot of time and effort. Mental and physical. 

Which is exactly why you might be wrong. If you’re too close, you can stop seeing clearly.

Ask yourself the following:

• Are you justifying instead of being open?
• Are you protecting instead of improving?
• Are you telling the whole story?
• Could there be another way?

That’s where the outsider might help.

No bias. No baggage. Nothing to defend.

You need truth. Not validation.

When we lean into truth and give ourselves the permission to change our minds, we can go anywhere.

Sometimes the best move is to borrow someone else’s flashlight.