Practice metacognition; think about your thinking. Step back from your theories. And practice reflective thinking. How do I know this? What am I missing? Am I looking for facts to serve my own ideas? Metacognition is the internal audit. It’s how you catch yourself before you fool yourself.

I have a very clear memory - one of my first memories, maybe - of the first time I became consciously aware of the process I used to make a decision, though I couldn't tell you what my choices were or what that process was. I remember a level of awareness and feeling like I had leveled up as a human, in so much thought not yet put in words at whatever young age I was.