Mini Motivation #83 - Battling Pre-judgements

Like it or not, as much as we know we're not supposed to, we will judge others from time to time. Psychologists say it's a form of habitual behavior built based on our past observations and experiences, and also in a way, to protect us from harm.

Just like how we would be fearful of fire after being burned, subconsciously, we may have pre-judgments against another profession, gender, race, a person's age and background, etc, based on our past dealing with them.

"Oh, he's too young to be a CEO."

"Can you trust a [insert race here] salesman?"

"She's a woman. You think she can really make a good decision in this crisis?"

Sounds familiar? Guilty of them? I know I have, and sometimes, I still do.

We may not say it out, but sometimes those thoughts pop into our minds faster than we can put more effort to catch them. Worse is when we blurted it out and regret after that.

A good way to rewire your unconscious thinking patterns, is to debunk those pre-judgments you have. Ask yourself questions like:

• Have it always been the case? Were there times when the statements weren't true?
• What was the person's intention for doing this? Could there be a positive reason for it that I'm missing?
• What pre-judgements others would have on me? How would I honestly feel about it?

Yes, it's not as easy process, and it requires a lot of self-reflectionon. The alternative is to become a victim of such pre-judgements yourself, so you'll know how it feels like to be at the receiving end of a judgement. However, that's emotional and you may become defensive, limiting the learning opportunities for yourself.

What about you? You have any effective ways to tackle this issue?

Mini Motivation is my own daily strategy to inspire myself. Mostly 3-minute reads.

From Motivation, we gain Inspiration. From Inspiration, we achieve Momentum. And the rest, they say, is history.

Hope it helps nudge you a bit too in the right direction.

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Stay awesome!

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