Thanks again for sharing your experiences, insights, and wisdom with us, Marc. That whole thing of predicting, surmising, inferring (or whatever one wants to call it) how people judge us is something that really interests me. I suppose it varies from person to person, but I do think there are certain fundamentals that remain consistent. For example: This scares me, so I push it away; I empathise because I know this could have been me, so I want to learn more; or this challenges my worldview, so I either resist it or grow from it. It’s such a complex and revealing aspect of human nature. I suppose the challenge is to resist judging others for their judgment of us, and instead to appreciate those who genuinely benefit from the experience we offer.
Thanks again for sharing your experiences, insights, and wisdom with us, Marc. That whole thing of predicting, surmising, inferring (or whatever one wants to call it) how people judge us is something that really interests me. I suppose it varies from person to person, but I do think there are certain fundamentals that remain consistent. For example: This scares me, so I push it away; I empathise because I know this could have been me, so I want to learn more; or this challenges my worldview, so I either resist it or grow from it. It’s such a complex and revealing aspect of human nature. I suppose the challenge is to resist judging others for their judgment of us, and instead to appreciate those who genuinely benefit from the experience we offer.