The advantage of being an editorial reader

Hi,

A very eventful week, this.

I happened to meet one of my senior colleagues after some 7 years. Retired, but active as ever, we chatted for a while about general things. I drew a lot of inspiration from his leadership style, when we worked together. He had a way of managing people; very hands-off and waiting for people to settle down before they start delivering results.

One of the things I had learnt from him is the habit of reading editorials. When I got to discuss with him about this habit, I received the following nuggets:

1. Editorial represents another person's view point on an issue - usually a burning issue. It helps us being open to another perspective. It helps shedding dogmatic outlook, when other points are brought to the fore.

2. Being opinionated can be harmful as we do not know if we are on the right track. Intelligently written editorials, he said, has helped him stay open to others' ideas and also reduce the obsession with one's own.

The beauty about this is, the above traits set-in without even the knowledge of the reader of editorials.

He also provided a list of newspapers that carry thought provoking editorials.

1. The Hindu
2. Japan Times
3. Jakarta Post
4. Sydney Morning Herald
5. The Times
6. Washington Post

Happy reading!

Vijay