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Let me confess something. There was a time nilichukia kukubali sijui kitu.
Tuseme topic ikitokea; either politics, biz, relationships, tech, life, anything... Kuna pressure flani ilikuwa inaniambia lazima niwe na opinion. Hata kama deep down najua siko fully informed.
Na nime-notice something lately, especially kwa hii digital era. We live in a world where kila mtu anaonekana anajua kila kitu. Scroll social media kiasi tu, utapata instant experts on finance, relationships, religion, health, geopolitics...kila kitu bana. Hakuna siku utapata mtu anasema, “...I'm not really informed enough on this one.”
Never 😂 !!
Instead, it's argument after argument.
Ego juu ya ego. Na most people wako ready kuji-defend, infact very passionately. Hata wakiwa wrong, bora tu mtu asikubali kuadmit shortcomings zake.
And honestly? I've been there too.
But the more ninagrow, the more nasoma, the more na-interact na watu smarter, online ama offline — nimeanza kurealize kitu moja muhimu:
Kukubali hujui kitu haikufanyi uonekane stupid. Infact, kujifanya unajua kila kitu, hapo ndio ujinga iko.
Na wengi wetu, especially sisi mayut, tunapenda ku-bind identity yetu na kuwa right, often thinking:
👉🏽 Nikisema sijui, nitaonekana fala.
👉🏽 Nikiuliza maswali, nitaonekana niko nyuma.
👉🏽 Nikibadilisha opinion, nitaonekana weak.
So instead of learning, we argue. All we care about is winning arguments.
Na hiyo ni dangerous. Ju sasa kama goal ni kushinda argument badala ya kupata understanding, we stop growing. Growth inahitaji humility, na si ati nini !
The More You Learn, The More You Realize You Don't Know
Kitu moja nimegundua kuhusu watu genuinely smart? Wako comfortable kusema, “Im not sure.”
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Na ironically, hiyo ndio inawafanya waonekane sharp.
The more najipea exposure to books, podcasts, ama convos na watu wako mbele yangu, ndio the more na-realize how much I don't know. And it doesn't make me feel insecure, imenipa freedom.
There's no Glory in Faking Knowledge
Maybe unaweza impress watu kadhaa temporarily. Unaweza sound confident. Na pia unaweza “win” argument.
But you loose growth. Na growth ndio kila kitu.
In this era where information is literally in our pockets, kukuwa ignorant ni choice. Kuwa na ego pia ni choice.
Na sisi kama mayut, hatuwezi afford kuloose such opportunities.Not in careers, relationships, leadership or just life generally.
So, Tunaweza Kuwa Better Aje?
As a fellow yutman, hizi ndio vitu nimekuwa nikijifunza (and trying to practice):
1️⃣. Kua comfortable ku-admit hujui
It doesn't reduce your value.
2️⃣. Ask more questions than you argue
Curiosity hujenga wisdom. Arrogance hujenga isolation. Just like that !
3️⃣. Jaribu uji-surround na people smarter than you
With social media, hii ni very simple. Usiogope kuwa the least knowledgeable guy kwa group.
4️⃣. Kua open-minded ukipata info better
The dumbest thing unaweza fanya ni kudhani opinions zako pekee ndio facts. Actually, kukuwa open-minded inafanya uone the world beyond your horizon.
5️⃣. Finally, separate ego na identity
As human beings, still tunagrow na kuevolve everyday, hatuwezi kuwa na the same beliefs from time to time.
Simple!
Just a Quick Note…
Earlier on, I told you guys nitakuwa
na-publish articles at least twice a week (Monday na Friday).And that's still the goal.
But sometimes life happens, najipata nimekuwa caught up na some other stuff. Lakini bado niko committed ku-show up consistently na kujenga hii space.
I appreciate those of you wenye mnaendelea kusoma, ku-engage, na kugrow na mimi. Stay tuned.
At the end of the day though, ni vizuri tukubali kuwa knowledgeable.
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