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Remember that to change your mind and to follow someone who sets you right is also the part of a man.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase
What it means today

Changing your mind when corrected is not weakness; it is the whole point of having a mind. The person who cannot be wrong cannot grow.

Try this todayWhen someone corrects you today, try saying "you are right" without defensiveness.
Today’s questionAm I attached to my opinions, or to the truth?
#humility#truth#growth
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