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Whenever you come across an idea or confront an opinion, you have a choice to handle it open mindedly or conservatively. Being open minded all the time means you are constantly changing your ideals, while giving a chance to the idea or the opinion that you come across.Which further means you cannot hold on to one ideal or one belief , which would make you feel vulnerable and wandering, without a foothold. This simply is not a recipe for success. However being conservative all the time, would mean you are sticking by your one ideal or belief and not giving a chance to other possibilities and simply not growing, which again is not a recipe for success. This seems like a perfect paradox. So, one can never approach any idea being either open minded or conservative. There has to be a bit of both to get ahead with the idea. So people who call themselves a liberal or a conservative can go take a hike. Everybody is a bit of both.