Insightful post! I have found it hard to sit back as well, but I am starting to get it now. Prior to joining steemit, I was surrounded pretty much by peoplle that think like me, act like me and look like me. Now that I am on steemit, I deliberately look for and read posts from all over the world. And I try to learn from people that don't necessarily share my same perspective.
Steemit is an excellent platform for accomplishing this!
This platform truly is helping to make the world a little smaller and bringing people together.