Back to the root of the word “profundity,” it means insightful understanding.
Nowadays, the world becomes complex, unpredictable, knowledge is only a few clicks away, but sometimes misinformation or outdated concepts cause silo and confusion. Profound mind can read between the lines, see around the corner, communicate empathetically, and make progressive changes consistently.
Profundity implies objective perception, interdisciplinary contextualization, systematic insight: Your perception affects your world and what you project on the world, as well as how to respond to the world. People misunderstand or mistrust each other because of pre-conceptual assumptions, cognitive biases, stereotyping, extreme thinking, etc. It’s important to cultivate cognitive abilities to ensure that your version of perception is more objective, closer to the actual reality; think deeper and act step-wisely.
Profound understanding is critical, but not negative; paradoxical, but not confusing; sophisticated, but not manipulated; creative, but not naïve; mature, but not outdated: In terms of profound understanding, it’s critical to integrate different viewpoints; search for new perspectives, and gain an accurate holistic understanding of the overall situation without ignoring interdependence, in order to dig into the root cause of the problems, and solve them holistically.
Profound leaders are able to see beyond the obvious, look around the corner, gain deep insight: Businesses today become much more hyper connected, and interdependent than ever, the boundary of knowledge domains is blurred and the scope of knowledge is expanded in the continual base. Being profound implies sound judgment and clear discernment. Being profound also means consistency-being consistent in the habit of learning, acting, and problem-solving.