Views

If you turn out to be one of those people who gets offended or upset, or if you find yourself violently disagreeing with other points of view, just remember what an athletically minded friend of mine once told me: “No pain, no gain.” That was in reference to muscle building, but the principle applies intellectually as well as
physically. If someone only listens to people he agrees with, he will never grow and he’ll never succeed beyond his little circle of yes-men. On the other hand, a person who listens to different ideas at the risk of offense, and who at least considers that he might be wrong, cannot but gain from it. So if you are offended by something in this book, please be critical—both of the book and of yourself and don’t fall into a rut and let someone else tell you how to think.