When was the last time you judged someone or something?
For many of us the answer is minutes ago, maybe even seconds ago. We're good, and well practiced at judging.
The problem is we judge too much. We judge when people aren't expecting it. We judge when people don't need it. We judge when it doesn't do us any good.
We could all judge a lot less.
We can keep a sensible manner about us without all of that evaluation. We can learn to accept some things and some people for what and who they are. Especially when they have not asked us to help them change.
We should be careful about becoming a self-appointed judge.
If no one elected us to that position, chances are they won't care about our judgments anyway. And without the pretense, we could be much more free to enjoy people the way they are.
Successful supervisors, centered leaders, and high performance leaders use judging sparingly.
-- Douglas Brent Smith
For many of us the answer is minutes ago, maybe even seconds ago. We're good, and well practiced at judging.
The problem is we judge too much. We judge when people aren't expecting it. We judge when people don't need it. We judge when it doesn't do us any good.
We could all judge a lot less.
We can keep a sensible manner about us without all of that evaluation. We can learn to accept some things and some people for what and who they are. Especially when they have not asked us to help them change.
We should be careful about becoming a self-appointed judge.
If no one elected us to that position, chances are they won't care about our judgments anyway. And without the pretense, we could be much more free to enjoy people the way they are.
Successful supervisors, centered leaders, and high performance leaders use judging sparingly.
-- Douglas Brent Smith
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