At some point I heard the phrase: "Always be the dumbest guy in the room." I've tried to live by this to various extents, and it's kind of a counter-intuitive

At some point I heard the phrase: "Always be the dumbest guy in the room." I've tried to live by this to various extents, and it's kind of a counter-intuitive phrase, but the more I've thought about it the more it's made sense. For me the phrase encapsulates a few things: - Surround yourself with people who are 'smarter' than you, you'll learn more - Be humble. It's hard to learn anything when you're the 'expert' in everything. - Give yourself and (by example) others permission/space to not know things This article reminded me of that.