The moment you think you know something, you close your mind to learning.
Shoshin is a word from Zen Buddhism meaning “beginner’s mind.”
It refers to the state of being open, curious, and receptive when studying a subject, even at an advanced level.
Cultivating the state of Shoshin expands our mind and helps us develop mastery.
In this state, we open to things we may have otherwise missed.
Each time we hear something we “know” is an opportunity to lean in and listen with fresh perspective.
It’s as if we are hearing it for the first time because we are not the same. With the benefit of new experiences we might receive a concept with new insights and awareness, causing it to resonate differently.
Shoshin gives us freedom to fail. It also gives us freedom to succeed in ways we couldn’t have previously imagined.
When we approach a task or a situation with beginner’s mind, we find freedom to experiment and engage without preconceived notions of what will or won’t work.
It opens us to new ways of being and knowing.
The world is only as big as your mind allows it to be.
forget what you know
approach with beginner’s mind
and expand your world
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