I'm currently reading the book "The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator", which I find to be highly insightful. It discusses nine complementary ways of building self-mastery for facilitative leaders.

One of those ways the authors call "Sense of Wonder". It is about appreciating the unknown, about deciding that it's worth for the learning experience alone, and - in my understanding - about expecting to be surprised. That principle rang true for me from the first time I read about it. I still had some trouble really connecting to it, though - until recently...

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