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Dare to say‘I don’tknow’

敢于说不知道

Confucius has preached that we shouldbe honest, never lie about the stuff we don’t know and should neverpretend to have the answers. However, people make the mistakes allthe time. Someone has said, as human beings, our knowledge is asmall island in the middle of the vast ocean of the unknown.Therefore, there is no need to feel embarrassed orashamed of the unknown. The golden rule is to begin learninginstead of pretending we have known.

Recently when reading the RD magazine, there is anarticle about the secrets of doctors and hospitals, one of which isthat those who dare to tell the patients they “don’t know” are morelikely the good doctors and experts. This is an interesting secret.However, if we think it over, it is not that difficult tounderstand, because after all, this kind of doctors has a clearunderstanding of the known and the unknown. As a result, they canbe trusted because when they tell you the things they know, itmeans they really do and even if they are not, they will not lie toyou—at least, you will not be misled. In contrast,those who appear to know everything have a relatively lowcredibility since you don’t know whether they do know thetruth or just shuffle through. This is also the case withleaders. Leaders are not the one who should give answers to all thequestions but rather should be open and listen to others. So don’thave to feel obliged to have the answer if you are a leaderand don’t think little of your boss if he does not have the answeras long as he is willing to find out the answers and listen toyours…

Dare to say I don’t know, especially on someoccasions, it takes courage and risks but it is all worthit.

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Confucius [ kən'fju:ʃəs]孔子      _______________________________________

preach [pri:tʃ]布道              _______________________________________

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