Five Things I've Changed My Mind About

Dear Reader,

Intelligence comes through in different forms.

Some people are brilliant with numbers. Some have remarkable emotional intelligence. Others anticipate what’s coming next and adapt accordingly.

One of the clearest signs of intelligence, in my opinion, is something else entirely: the willingness to change your mind.

Somewhere along the way, we came to see changing our minds as a flaw. We call people who do it hypocrites. Phonies. Wishy-washy.

As if changing your mind is evidence of weak character rather than evidence that you’ve learned something new.

But life has a funny way of giving us new information, experiences, perspectives.

If we’re willing to learn from them, they have a way of changing us.

I’ve changed my mind about hundreds of things — lip liner, performance fabrics, whether a glass of red wine is healthy.

But these five go deeper than that.