text: In addition, to keeping and open mind you also need to get multiple opinions, because you can't solve a problem just by getting only one persons opinion on the matter. That would be like going up to a group of your friends and saying, "I want to go get ice cream. How about you Generic_Name?" Then deciding on whether you go get ice cream or not just depending on her answer and her answer only, when there is a whole group of people who also have opinions on the situation as well.