How open-minded are you?

1. Openness

2. Open-mindedness is the willingness to listen
to and consider opposing or contradictory views.
http://www.destination-innovation.com/articles/are-you-open-minded/

3. Highly open-minded people are very
motivated to learn.
http://areadocenti.eco.unicas.it/virili/old/ApprofondimentiCO/BarrickMount%20PP91%20The%20Big%20Five
%20personality%20dimensions%20and%20job%20performance%20-%20a%20meta-analysis.pdf

4. Openness is highly related to creativity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKcu_ztYCtk

5. What creative personalities are. 6 examples:
 Curious.
 Intrinsicly motivated.
 Autonomous.
 Flexible.
 Sensitive.
 Playful.
http://crell.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Publications/CRELL%20Research%20Papers/EVillalba_creativity_EUR_web.pdf

6. Exposure to different cultures
 promotes openness to new perspectives, and
 offers access to diverse ideas.
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-085.pdf

8. Living abroad and being immersed in a culture
different from one’s own promotes creative
problem solving.
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-085.pdf

9. People, who simultaneously identify with their
home and host cultures while abroad, come up
with more ideas than their counterparts who identify
with just one culture.
http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2012/08/29/taking-a-job-overseas-do-it-right/

10. Increased openness tends to predict
better health and a longer life.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=life-satisfaction-linked-to-personality-change

11. http://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/people/awei/courses/folder.2008-11-03.1677181083/hofstede%20mccrae%20cross%20cult%20res%202004.pdf, p. 73.
People in low power distance countries
score higher on openness to experience than
people in high power distance countries.

12. People who score high on openness are likely to feel
the most chills while listening to music.
http://www.spring.org.uk/2013/09/10-magical-effects-music-has-on-the-mind.php

13. Idea for people who are very open-minded:
Regulate your bouts of creativity.
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2012-spring/53312/how-to-become-a-better-leader/

14. Idea for people who are not very open-minded:
Challenge yourself.
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2012-spring/53312/how-to-become-a-better-leader/

15. Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Listening-tips-1485898