REPERCUSSIONS OF JUMPING TO CONCLUSION SOON

Human beings are intellect species. They have the capability to think, question and reason to anything and everything around them. But there are times in one’s life when he is provided a stimulus that causes him to over-think the situation and draw conclusions. Sometimes we just jump to conclusions in the blink of an eye, without giving another person a chance to defend himself which can result into drastic effects

As Pete Burns deduced:

“The trouble is that people are all too ready to jump to conclusions about anybody who they think looks a bit strange. They think you must be mentally subnormal.”

Train of Misunderstandings:

The major problem with jumping to conclusions is that it leads to further misunderstandings. If we take an example of a man, who just helped a women find her way around town, if his wife passes by she would immediately assume that her husband was having an affair from the very beginning, causing a lot more trouble on the side of his husband who has to explain to his wife the situation.

As described by Christina Lagarde who is managing director of IMF:

“I do believe women have different ways of taking risks, of ruminating a bit more before they jump to conclusions. And I think that as a result, particularly on the, on, you know, on the trading floor, in the financial markets in general, the approach would be different.”

Criticism at its Peak:

Jumping to conclusions makes us more like critics, we do not tend to see further into the person or event and just start labelling people according to one dimension only. People should be rational while making decisions. It is not right to judge others on the basis of any incident they were accused to be involved in. Many a time, it has happened that actually innocent people have been stereotyped as bad people, thus damaging their reputation.

As Pamela Mayer had exclaimed:

“A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.”

Judging by Personal Experience only:

Humans are not simple creatures. To understand them it takes a lot more time, which can only be understood if one is to experience being with them first-hand. Since people have a habit of spreading rumours, there is no telling in the first place what the actual story was. The bottom line is that, jumping to conclusions is not a good habit to have. It just makes one more anxious and turns them into critics. It is best not to judge people by their covers either, it makes us ignore the good points of people and just believe such people as bad company. Even if YOU think you are the master in analyzing personalities then you should be more careful enough when drawing any conclusion.

It was Philip Gudelia who had said:

“People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.”

End Note:

In the end, jumping to conclusions makes a rational man, practically irrational. He becomes biased in his judgement and the victim does not instantly understand what happened in the first place. So giving calm and mindful reactions during times of crises and anger can strengthen relationships indefinitely. One might never know the actual motive behind other's action if he is quick to judge. He might be actually doing a righteous deed, which instead would be turned into a sin.

As Thomas Mcguane alluded:

“One of the illusions that we live by is that we can really know anybody else, and we're often surprised by traits in people that we thought we knew very well. The struggle to overcome loneliness, which is sort of our universal burden, leads us to leap to conclusions about who other people are.”