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The fear of being judged as weak or naïve prevents many people from operating like givers at work.
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22 |
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…’we’-group bias corrodes the judgments even of individual specifically selected and trained to be able to banish the bias.
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372 |
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The curse of knowledge is that it closes our minds to what we don’t know. Good judgment depends on having the skill – and the will – to open our minds.
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31 |
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When we lack the knowledge and skills to achieve excellence, we sometimes lack the knowledge and skills to judge excellence.
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43 |
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Excellent performers judge themselves differently from the way other people do. They’re more specific, just as they are when they set goals and strategies.
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119 |
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The best performers judge themselves against a standard that’s relevant for what they’re trying to achieve.
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119 |
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Since judgment hinders imagination, separate the creative act from the critical one; separate the process of thinking up possible decisions from the process of selecting among them. Invent first, decide later.
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62 |
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Knowing what to do when a jagged-résumé candidate enters the picture is the single biggest differentiator between leaders with a gift for picking winners – and those who keep wrong-footing themselves.
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60 |
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The assessors who do the best job of sizing up such candidates are the ones whose own life experiences speak to the traits they are seeking.
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85 |
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The best assessors in any field look at people differently… These judges all have the courage to focus on candidates’ underlying character and motivation, rather than sticking merely to classic measures of experience.
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