Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. — Og Mandino

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

Author: Og Mandino

Insight: There's a particular kind of person who stops asking questions once they've climbed high enough—the expert who's forgotten what it felt like not to know. But the most interesting people stay curious precisely because they've learned enough to realize how much they don't know. The gap only gets wider the further you go. This matters because the world changes faster than any single person's expertise can keep up. Someone successful in their field five years ago can find themselves genuinely lost if they've decided they're already done learning. That rigidity isn't confidence—it's actually fragility. The people who adapt, who grow, who stay relevant are the ones who treat every conversation like a potential education. The tricky part is that asking questions requires a kind of vulnerability. It means admitting you don't have all the answers, that someone else might see something you missed. But that's exactly the move that separates people who plateau from people who keep building. Staying a student isn't about being uncertain—it's about being secure enough to wonder.

Source: The Greatest Salesman in the World, Part II, p. 103, 1983