{"id":286610,"date":"2025-06-10T21:49:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/be-teachable-maybe-they-are-right\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T21:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:49:52","slug":"be-teachable-maybe-they-are-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=286610","title":{"rendered":"Be Teachable: Maybe They are Right."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/dannielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-5358-post\/Maybe-They-Are-Right.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dannielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-5358-post\/Maybe-They-Are-Right.jpg 746w, https:\/\/dannielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-5358-post\/Maybe-They-Are-Right-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dannielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-5358-post\/Maybe-They-Are-Right-50x27.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the chapters in my book,\u00a0<em>Be An Inspirational Leader: Engage, Inspire, Empower,<\/em>\u00a0is titled \u201cBe Teachable.\u201d In it I wrote,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNo matter their title, position, experience, education, or expertise, inspirational leaders know that they don\u2019t know it all, and they remain open to learning new, different, and potentially better methods and information. They realize that without an attitude of teachability, leaders plateau, sabotaging their own success and that of those they lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While it can be difficult for a leader to balance strength and confidence with an attitude of humble teachability, it is a critical characteristic of successful, inspirational leaders!<\/p>\n<p>A few years after publishing my book, I shared the following post on LinkedIn:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/dannielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Be-Teachable-square.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dannielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Be-Teachable-square.png 720w, https:\/\/dannielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Be-Teachable-square-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/dannielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Be-Teachable-square-50x47.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>In the comments on that post, my wonderful friend and colleague John Cox, CEO at The Rome Group, shared this great true story and excellent success tip:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cDan, when I was a young consultant working at McKinsey, I had a manager who kept a piece of white paper folded up in his pocket. Every now and then he would remove the folded piece of paper, glance at it and put back into his pocket. One day I asked him what was on the paper. He showed it to me. On the paper was written \u2018maybe they are right.\u2019 To this day, I carry a sheet of paper in my pocket with the same message.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What a simple but powerful message! How incredibly, critically important it is for a leader to realize that he or she is not always right, and that the wisdom of others should be heeded, because \u201c<strong><em>maybe they are right!<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"printfriendly pf-button pf-button-content pf-alignleft\">\n                    <a href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); pfTrackEvent('Be Teachable: Maybe They are Right.'); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pf-button-img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.printfriendly.com\/buttons\/printfriendly-pdf-button.png\" alt=\"Print Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\" style=\"width: 112px;height: 24px;\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the chapters in my book,\u00a0Be An Inspirational Leader: Engage, Inspire, Empower,\u00a0is titled \u201cBe Teachable.\u201d In it I wrote, \u201cNo matter their title, position, experience, education, or expertise, inspirational leaders know that they don\u2019t know it all, and they remain open to learning new, different, and potentially better methods and information. 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