The Courage to Say “I Don’t Know”

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Dear Lovely Human,

We live in a world that rewards quick answers and punishes hesitation. Somewhere along the way, we began to equate “I don’t know” with weakness.

But is it a crack in the façade of competence? Or is it a sign of something else?

The truth is that there’s a peculiar kind of strength in admitting uncertainty.

It takes courage to stand in a room of experts and admit you’re still learning, to look at your team, your children, your peers and say, “I don’t have the answer YET or many never know it .”

These words can be an invitation to curiosity, to collaboration, to deeper conversations that surface ideas no single mind could conjure alone.

In a world awash with noise and false certainty, choosing “ I don’t know so please explain” over pretense might just be the boldest move you make.

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 How do I broaden my Global Worldview? This month we explore Albania ( Part 2)

In the old Ottoman town of Berat, “the City of a Thousand Windows,” Elira walked through stone-walled streets while the sun dipped behind mountain ridges.

A local family invited her in for dinner. They poured raki and served slow-cooked lamb with fresh peppers and bread still warm from the hearth. The grandmother stood and said simply: “Besa” — our word of honour. Here hospitality meant staying, listening, sharing.

Outside, children played in the narrow alley while elders sat on benches, tea cups in hand, exchanging stories of migration, of vineyards, of the years when Albania’s borders were closed. As twilight deepened, Elira noticed the lights in the Husëllarë district glowing like candleflames reflected in the river. Through her host, she learned how change is tempered by tradition: the welcome remains the same, even as the world opens.

The next morning, she wandered toward Berat Castle, its white houses stacked against the hillside, and paused at the Gorica Bridge, watching reflections shimmer across the Osum River. She visited the Onufri National Iconographic Museum inside the castle walls, its crimson-and-gold icons glowing like embers of the city’s Byzantine soul. Later, she explored Mangalem, the UNESCO-protected old quarter, before stopping at a modern art gallery in the new town—a reminder that Albania today balances its deep past with a creative surge of youth and innovation.

Berat, she realized, isn’t a relic of stone—it’s a living rhythm. Between its cobbled alleys and rooftop bars, Albania’s old and new breathe together, just as warmly as the people who invite you in with a glass of raki and a promise of “Besa.”

🗺️ If you visit today:
– Berat Castle for history and sweeping views.
– Gorica Bridge for sunset photos.
– Onufri Museum for sacred art.
– Cobo Winery nearby for local wine tastings.
– Tomorri National Park for a day trip into the mountains.

Certainty builds walls. Curiosity builds worlds.

Courage is telling the truth about what you don’t.

‘I don’t know,’ allows wisdom to finally have a space to walk in.

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— Sal & the Gleac team

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