I actually don’t believe there is any such thing as a single objective truth. Good news, you would say, congratulations! Or not? Who knows? Maybe the new position will have them sacrifice their personal life and this guy ends up perhaps richer but unhappy… After all, he may regret the day he accepted the promotion. Perhaps an opportunity beyond what he might have dreamed of is waiting for him just around the corner… A year down the road this person may refer to this moment as a lucky day. In the course of a pretty normal day I recorded 72 judgments! I even noticed a slight headache appearing as I tried to conclude: Who are we to judge so quickly? Is there a single objective truth?īad news? Feel sorry for him? Who knows? Maybe this person will finally decide to pursue his dream job. I was astonished as to how quick we are to label everything and everyone as good or bad, right or wrong, this or that.! It was as though judgments were flying around like swallows to the point that I was actually challenged to simply capture every time I witnessed yet another form of judgment. How many times in the course of a day do I judge or witness any form of judgment?Īnd so before I reveal my findings to you…please pause for a minute and try to guess the answer.Įven though I intentionally tried to withhold my own judgments I was both shocked and amazed to realize that it didn’t take much for me to pass judgments in fact…before leaving home I had already passed 4 and witnessed another 7 judgments - all being made before the breakfast was over -)Ĭoming to the office I noticed things were accelerating at an even faster pace. Is it possible to be truly objective in our judgments?īeing a big fan of little experiments I decided to do one yesterday –