Saturday, 10 March 2018

Is Thinking Harder than Judging? ― Share if You Care





“When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself.” ―Earl Nightingale


Thinking is harder than judging because thinking needs an active mind to process the information while judging needs a passive mind to offer the comments based on observations. Does it mean that people find it easier to observe than to think? Let us explore the same.    

As an educator I have the practice of asking questions to my audiences to keep them alert in the classroom and make them think analytically and logically. But I often find resistance for a moment from the audiences because they are forced to think by coming out of their comfort zone. Similarly, as an executive coach, I ask a couple questions to my clients who will be forced think, analyze and respond. In this way, I make people think. Similarly, when people want me to share knowledge during my workout in gym, I ask them a couple of questions to enable them to think and explore. Although my questions may irritate them for a moment, they are compelled to think and come out with answers paving the way for solutions. I strongly believe in Galileo’s quote: “You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.”

Authors, educators and researchers think deeply to analyze and create new ideas and insights while it is not so for most students because the latter love to acquire knowledge and apply in their real lives to reap benefits. It appears that ordinary individuals offer their opinions while extraordinary individuals think to impact others. That means ordinary individuals judge while the extraordinary individuals think to influence and inspire others. It is rightly said that below average individuals talk about individuals, average individuals talk about issues, and above average individuals talk about ideas. Since educators, authors and researchers fall in the bracket of above average individuals, they think a lot to create ideas.


Conclusion

“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.” ―C.G. Jung

It is essential to think and judge when you want to offer feedback to others. Although both thinking and judging are essential, thinking is harder than judging.  It appears that people think less but act more. When you want to make quick decisions, you must act. In contrast, when you want to make smart decisions, you must think first and then act. It is obvious that thinking must precede acting and in the middle lies judging to make meaningful and lasting decisions.


“Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.” ―Bertrand Russell


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