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Being open-minded and tolerant has lots of great benefits. You’ll be less stressed because being tolerant of someone else means you are not in competition with them. You will be more confident with your thoughts when you realize you are not threatened by others.
You’ll gain insight by opening your mind to how others think. You can pick up new ideas or concepts that haven’t occurred to you. Seeing the world through someone else’s eyes provides a different perspective.

Back in prehistoric days when nobody had a TV set or air conditioning, there were few things better to do as the weather turned warm than to seek out entertainment and a cooling breeze in the grandstands of the hometown baseball team. In south Louisiana that meant the game could quickly turn hotter than the weather.

Do you strive to achieve your goals or worry about losing what you have? Someone who feels they have nothing, is much more likely to reach out and take chances to get what they want than a person who has already attained something.
Many people live their lives defensively. They become limited, fearing loss of what they have. Their fear acts as an anchor that impedes forward motion. When faced with an opportunity, they weigh what they have to lose instead of assessing what they have to gain.