From about 2 weeks ago, I was talking with a guest at my job and the perspective they had on our conversation in turn, is what caused me to solve a unrelated personal problem at the time. If not for their conversation, I would not have progressed through my growth in the game called life. To give a real life example of the quote in action for instance.
Last year at this time I didn't know anyone who had covid-19, now i know 10 people at the top of my head.
When I worked in bars I would ask random drunks at the bar for hot take questions just to get true feelings and reactions from people on subjects of interest,
The person who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the person who doesn't is a fool for life. Confucius
If you knew how quickly people forget the dead, you would stop living to impress people. Christopher Walken
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” - Aristotle