In an interview with SirusXM host Alex Marlow, Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, co-owner of 2929 Entertainment, chairman of the AXS TV and mentor on ABC’s Shark Tank, spoke about the importance of never considering yourself to be the smartest person in any given room. To grow as both a leader and a person, one must surround themselves with people who challenge them and force them to look at the world through a different lens.
“I don’t need to go and talk to people who agree with me [—] we already agree … I learn from people who disagree with me. I call it checking my hole card: You know what you have underneath there, but you’re always checking to make sure you’re still being consistent in your thoughts. I want people to challenge me. That’s how I get smarter. That’s how I learn … I try not to be an ideologue about anything. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong and I’m willing to evolve … When we have two people that disagree or groups that disagree, if we can have an open dialogue, we both get a chance to get a little smarter and that’s always a good thing.”
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