Expertise has its costs. The expert knows what works, but also becomes blind to alternatives. The patterns that served before become constraints that limit now.
Beginner’s mind is the antidote. The willingness to see familiar things freshly. The openness to approaches that expertise would dismiss. The humility to learn from anyone.
Cultivate beginner’s mind even as you develop expertise. Ask naive questions. Challenge your assumptions. Consider that what you know might be wrong or incomplete.
Where could beginner’s mind serve you?