Judgement: A losers emotion

Judgement: A losers emotion
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We judge ourselves daily. I am stupid and weak. I am not capable. I can’t do this.

You may move on from that momentary judgement. Except you don’t move on.

The label sticks. It becomes who you are.

Judgment is emotional. It’s reactive. It doesn’t seek to understand. When you fail, the mind quickly says, You are not good enough. That is not analysis.

That is a trap.

Real learning looks different. It asks, what went wrong? What could I do better next time? It stays focused on the action, not your identity.

You see, long back when we were children, we were told to focus on the things that you are good at. We were told to excel.

But judgment wraps your success and failure with ego.

You turn a mistake into a personal flaw. Then comes shame. And paralysis. You stop trying. You stop growing.

So what can you do instead?

Choose improvement over labels. You missed a workout? Fine. Reschedule it. You lost your temper? Reflect.

Then train your response. The energy shifts. You become your own teacher, not your judge.

Learning and changing creates improvement, not judgement.

We will all fail. Often. That is life. It is not like the ones who do really well at something did not fail. In fact, they failed a lot. They just used their failures to learn.

Dispassionately. With no emotions.

The goal is not to be flawless. The goal is to get better. And getting better requires feedback.

So one of the most critical skills you can learn is how to give yourself feedback without judgement.

Use language that asks what happened, what can I change, what can I do better, why did it happen?

Detach your identity from your actions. You are not your failures. A failure is a momentary chance to learn and grow. To become.