SENECA

We judge because we want to know the answer before we understand the challenge. The first step in moving past judgement is releasing the need for an answer.

Instead of judging, form an opinion. Judgements are assumptions that usually do not change. An opinion, however, is an isolated vie...

• Be unattached to information.
• Have the willingness to change an opinion in the face of better data.

This means that when you form an opinion, you make a list of conditions that would change your mind.

That keeps you honest, because once you get attached to an opinion, it’s really hard to let go. But if you identify factors that would change your mind up front, you keep ...