True on more levels than most of us want to admit. I have a co-worker who is constantly second guessing herself, never really sure if what she's doing is the proper thing to do, which of course makes for rather awkward interactions with the patients. I think it just has something do do with the way she's wired, cuz I'm wired TOTALLY opposite of that! I'm more in line with the above listed quote, finding myself often annoyed with people who are trying to come off like they know everything and then turning around and acting as if I know everything. It's something I've been working on over the years, but it's never gone away fully. That's because I really do know a lot of stuff!
The truth is we all have things we can learn, and it's more the process of learning that makes life go around. If we get ourselves into a place where we don't have to learn new things, we tend to get bored and repeat bad habits just to shake things up. That's so not how I want to be! I want to keep learning new things, and learn how to do the old things better. I want to be in the habit of coming to a challenge, figuring out how to deal with it, and find my way to the happy place on the other side of the issue. If we stay in the practice of positive problem solving, our critical thinking muscles won't get flabby. And who prefers flabby, honestly?
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