Leadership Quote by Kristen Soltis Anderson

“The drive to tune out opposing ideas can be explained by psychology's principles of selective exposure theory and confirmation bias, both being impulses people…

— Jared Yates Sexton

When I spend a lot of time reading, discussing, or thinking about an area, I'll often really appreciate why a strong viewpoint is true…

— Joe Lonsdale

People think if you have one or two views that are on the left or right side, that you have to be the left…

— Benson Boone

When dissonance is present, in addition to trying to reduce it, the person will actively avoid situations and information which would likely increase the…

— Leon Festinger

Radical views that are outside the mainstream generally (but not always) are more reliable than the dominant view because they are more regularly challenged…

— Michael Pare

As long as people are marginalized and distracted [they] have no way to organize or articulate their sentiments, or even know that others have…

— Noam Chomsky

“Contrary finding: The best leaders we studied did not have a visionary ability to predict the future. They observed what worked, figured out why…

— Jim Collins

I learned to have the patience to listen when people put forward their views, even if I think those views are wrong. You can't…

— Nelson Mandela

In my experience, the most staunchly held views are based on ignorance or accepted dogma, not carefully considered accumulations of facts. The more you…

— Mary Roach

Fast drivers can see no further than slow drivers, but they must look further down the road to time their reactions safely. Similarly, people…

— Robert Grudin

“When we are totally absorbed in our own feelings and attached to our own view and agenda without recognizing it, it is virtually impossible…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

I have feelings that are to the right, and I have feelings that land on the left side of the aisle. The thing is…

— Adam Carolla