“The Begginer’s Mind”
People with this mindset tend to think of themselves as an entrant, someone that doesn’t know more than the basics of a topic, and therefore, they need to keep learning, keep asking questions and active their curiosity.
If we adopt this mindset, we will be exposed to more information (as we always have unsolved questions) and we will be exposed to different ways of thinking, which makes us more tolerant, open minded people. It’s also demonstrated that people that think this way learn way faster and more amount of information than average.
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