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Published May 8, 2020

349: How to Pick Your Battles Without Being a Doormat | Feedback Friday

Unpack the intricacies of challenging entrenched beliefs, reconciling traditional and modern gender roles in marriages, and harnessing diverse skills for career success, with expert insights from Jordan Harbinger and Jason DeFillippo on avoiding the pitfalls of rigid thinking and job stagnation.
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  • Challenging Beliefs

    shares a listener's experience of growing up with conservative Christian beliefs that were challenged in college. This led to a shift from strong religious beliefs to a more critical thinking approach. notes that it's common for people to replace one set of strong beliefs with another, often without critical examination.

    Often we lose one set of beliefs, especially strong beliefs or religious beliefs, and we simply replace them with other strongly held beliefs.

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    Jordan emphasizes the importance of holding strong opinions loosely to remain open to new information and avoid dogmatism 1.

       

    Maintaining Open Mind

    Jordan discusses the tendency to fill the void left by discarded beliefs with new, often equally rigid, belief systems. He explains that this is a habitual response and that over time, exposure to diverse perspectives can reduce the urge to take hard stances. This gradual change helps in developing a more flexible and open-minded approach to new information.

    Strong opinions loosely held is one of my personal mottos here. I think that's always a good trait and folks, especially the loosely held part.

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    This mindset allows for better critical thinking and adaptability, avoiding the pitfalls of bias and dogmatism 2.

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