Tim Cook reveals the best advice he learned from Steve Jobs: numerous studies have confirmed its effectiveness

Steve Jobs is considered one of the greatest innovators and business leaders of all time. And after his early death at the age of just 56, everyone thought the key to his genius was lost with him.

However, the current CEO of Apple and Steve Jobs' protégé, Tim Cook, has now shared the secrets passed down to him that helped the company succeed. The biggest lesson he learned from his longtime mentor was how to keep an open mind, MailOnline reports. And scientists confirm that this trait can help everyone improve their own lives.

Tim Cook said that Jobs taught him not to be "married to past views, not to be so proud that you can't change your mind when you're presented with new evidence." He was his life's teacher, and he always emphasized the importance of communicating with people who challenged him.

Studies have shown that those who demonstrate greater openness are more intellectually capable, have more original thoughts and ideas. In addition, they also complain less about cardiovascular problems.

Openness is one of the "Big 5" personality traits that psychologists use to understand our personalities and approaches to the world. The other four are conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism,

As one 2023 study describes it: "Openness is characterized by a person's tendency to seek out new experiences and to be willing to explore ideas, values, emotions, and sensations that differ from their previous experience or established preferences."

It has also been found that people with a higher degree of openness demonstrate a greater ability to adapt, which allows them to easily navigate uncertain situations. This may largely explain Jobs' ability to embrace new information, ideas, and experiences rather than getting stuck in his ways. However, scientists say that this trait is important not only for business success.

While Jobs is often remembered as an innovator who relentlessly pursued his own unique ideas, Cook says his greatest strength was his ability to listen to other perspectives.

"He changed my mind about a lot of things, and he changed his mind about a lot of things. He loved to debate and he loved someone to debate him, and you could always change his mind if you had the best idea," Cook says.

He also adds that one of the reasons why their communication at Apple worked so well was that he and Jobs often changed each other's minds. According to Cook, the ability to be flexible and open-minded is something that is important for life in general.

"Life has a way of happening and throwing you off some well-crafted plan and I think the most important thing is to roll with it and make sure you recognise when doors are opening and choose the one to walk through," he added.

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