Recently, I was mentoring someone on Siberian Huskies. Her goal is to be able to judge them at dog shows, and a prerequisite is mentoring from several long-time owners.

We were at a dog show and others were part of the circle of conversation as I started talking about the precaudal spot on the tail. As I relayed the information I was taught and have believed to be true for decades, someone chimed in and gently corrected me.

How would you have felt, and how would you have handled that?

The younger version of me might have been a bit irritated, and might even have argued. The current version of me has discovered the freedom of not having to be right.

The woman who spoke up may or may not have been correct, and I treated her information as if she was. I looked it up later, and turns out I was the person who learned something new.

There is power in being open to learn – first, you learn, and second, you show others that conversations go so much better when everyone is open to learning. Be coachable and teachable, even when you're the teacher – it’ll make you much more valuable.

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