The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur

May 14Question Facts

I am by the law of my nature a reasoner. A person who should suppose I meant by that word, an arguer, would not only not understand me, but would understand the contrary of my meaning. I can take no interest whatever in hearing or saying anything merely as a fact—merely as having happened. It must refer to something within me before I can regard it with any curiosity or care.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge—Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1836)

There are no such thing as facts. On the surface, that's a mighty bold statement, so perhaps it could be helpful to think of it as more of a point of view.

The problem with listening for and accepting indisputable things as facts is that they most often simply validate what we already believe—and where's the growth in that?

The things we already know are only mildly important. It's listening for the things we don't know that allow us to discover something unimagined.

Our blind spots hide safely behind the things we know are true. What we are unaware of or reject controls us most.

Question everything.

Challenge Question

1. What's one thing you know is true?