I have recently been experimenting with an attitude that sounds ambivalent on the surface but I am finding to actually be very powerful and effective.

Often how you feel affects how you behave.  How you behave determines results.   This is not just about what you do to achieve your objective but also doing in it cleanly in a repeatable way.  Leaving a trail of dead bodies as a means to an end typically only works for while.

Attitude as a tool

If you can persuade yourself there is no right or wrong answers, it will help you collaborate to sucessfull achievement of the goal. Remember as you move down the path, what you seek is answers that work.

This attitude can be a key practice toward maintaining an open mind.  Others will tend to mirror your approach,  making it even more effective.  Ultimately conflict is greatly reduced and collaborative activity increased.

Hold those emotions

Both negative and positive emotions can color your thinking and impact  it’s effectiveness.  Think about just a few of the emotions we all experience regularly (e.g., anger,fear, joy, satisfaction).  All of these can be triggered by a strong belief.  Now think of a time you were in the thrall of such emotions, was your thinking clear and logical or clouded?

I meant that as rhetorical questions, emotions cloud our thinking.

Think of a time you have known yourself to be right and were angry at another for being wrong.  Or time you felt joy when someone agreed with you because you knew it was the right answer.

These emotional responses won’t necessarily block the best approach but there is a higher risk they will.

Help check emotional responses

Just remember, there is no right, nor wrong answer, seek the best answer.