JUDGE NOT LEST YOU BE JUDGED

"Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows."

Paul Válery (1871-1945) French poet/essayist/philosopher.

The "gate" of your judgment of others swings both out on them and back in on you.

FAULTY JUDGMENT

"Everyone complains of the badness of his memory, but nobody of his judgment."

François de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French writer.

Memory plays a very important role in judgment.

To a large degree we judge based on what we believe we remember.

The results of our judgments are too important to trust only to that.

SITTING IN JUDGMENT OF YOUR WIT

"Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast."

William Penn (1644-1718) British religious leader

However you define "wit", without an appropriate amount of judgment, too much of (w)it is too much.

HERE COMES THE JUDGE

"If you judge, investigate."

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

4th century Roman philosopher and playwright

And who amongst us does not judge?

It's ok to be wrong but first do your best to be right.

Managing Imagination: Turning Ideas Into Action

"Imagination gallops; judgment merely walks."

Proverb

I had a meeting today with an individual whose mind syncs well with mine. Whenever we discuss what his business could be our imaginations feed off of each other with ideas flowing like water.

And like (too much) water, too much imagination can be harmful. We now need to put structure to the best of our thoughts, slowing down our imaginations to let judgment review each; discarding the bad, keeping the good.

Some individuals can do one but not the other. What do you think?