…an opinion, if it’s distinguished that way.
From Charlie Munger’s view on opinions, Shane Parrish has written that, “The real cost of an opinion isn’t having it – it’s doing the work required to earn it. This work is what most people avoid.”
If we hold on to an opinion as if it’s the truth, no matter how much work we’ve put into earning it, we lose the freedom of what it means to have an opinion and the relationships that opinions generate become fragmented. It becomes, I’m right and you or someone else is wrong.
Much of the conflict in our personal relationships, work environments, national politics, or geopolitical interactions seems to be a result of opinions being taken as the truth and not as just opinions.
In our personal and work lives, if opinions can remain and be distinguished as just opinions, with no one being right and no one being wrong because an opinion is brought forth as the truth, space might be created to get at what the issue/discussion is really about, instead of argument and division.
P.S.: This blog post was conceived and written by me, with no AI assistance, and is a reflection and mosaic of my experiences, reading, and ongoing learning.
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