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Is It Empowering to Acknowledge That I Know That I Don’t Know That?
Recognizing that I don’t know that opens me to options to learn, grow, and control change.
There are some things I know a lot about. And there are even more things that I know a little about.
This can be both incredibly useful — and slightly dangerous.
Useful, because I perceive what I realize to the extent that I know it. Be it something I know a little or a lot about — what I already discern has limits. There is no single topic whatsoever that I know every permutation or detail about.
Dangerous, because sometimes what I know is incorrect or lacking in details. Or what I am acquainted with is only a small part of the greater whole and lacking key elements. Thus, I could be sharing/spreading incorrect information.
It is easy to talk about what we know. But when it comes to what we don’t know? That’s a lot harder to admit to. It’s also much harder to simply admit to not knowing because of what impression that might make on others.
Thus, I would like to dive into the power of knowing that I don’t know that.
