Another way I learned to learn-Beginner's Mind in practice

 

It Ain’t What You Don’t Know That Gets You Into Trouble. It’s What You Know for Sure That Just Ain’t So–Mark Twain

Once, a professor went to a Zen Master. He asked him to explain the meaning of Zen
The Master quietly poured a cup of tea. The cup was full but he continued to pour
The professor could not stand this any longer, so he questioned the Master impatiently, "Why do you keep pouring when the cup is full?"
"I want to point out to you," the Master said, "that you are similarly attempting to understand Zen while your mind is full. First, empty your mind of preconceptions before you attempt to understand Zen"
"If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few." Suzuki Roshi

This is a story I often here but see little followed. Our cognitive bias, Duning-Kruger and lack of double loop learning gets in the way. The problem is you don’t know what you don’t know. 

A way into beginner’s mind is to respect the thinking others. If you engage in a conversation as if you are not the more experienced or knowledgeable (even if you are), you have an opportunity to truly listen to something new and get it