The more one studies attempted solutions to problems in politics, economics, in art, philosophy, and religion, the more one has the impression of extremely gifted people wearing out their ingenuity at the impossible and futile task of trying to get the water of life into neat and permanent packages.
Without trust we don’t truly collaborate, we merely coordinate or, at best, cooperate. It is trust that transforms a group of people into a team.
Genuinely listening to their opinions and feedback allows you to expand your own point of view and try out new things you might not have tried on your own.
To be without curiosity is to believe that you already know everything, or even worse, that you know all you want to know. It is a blunting of human experience.
There is something powerful about this notion of possibility spaces, both from a theory standpoint, and as a way of seeing. It causes you to approach challenges in a different way. You don’t need to be creative. The creative breakthrough already exists out there in the space of possibility. It’s just waiting to be discovered.