Can You Make Yourself More Independent-Minded?
Some strategies to follow to cultivate independent-mindedness:
- Be less aware what conventional beliefs are. It's hard to be a conformist if you don't know what you're supposed to conform to.
- Surround yourself with independent-minded people. Hearing other people say surprising things will encourage you to express your ideas and think of more of them.
- Read history. You can expand the source of influences in time as well as space, by reading history.
- Cultivate an attitude of skepticism. Take upon yourself the burden of evaluating what others say.
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