The very thing that men think they have got the most of, they have got the least of; and that is judgment.
— Josh Billings
REFLECTION
— Josh Billings
REFLECTION
Judgement is the one capacity nobody believes they lack, which is precisely why it goes unexamined. You can accept that you are bad at languages or unfit or forgetful, but being told your judgement is poor feels like an attack on the instrument you would have to use to evaluate the claim. So the estimate never gets corrected. Everyone is working from a self-assessment that has never been checked against results.
Check it against results instead of against feeling. Write down three decisions you made last year and what you predicted at the time, then compare with what happened. That record will teach you more than any amount of reflection.
Where is your confidence in your own judgment least examined?
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