How Close Am I To This?
The closer you are to something, the more your judgment is likely to be impaired. Maybe it seems obvious. Until you’re in the moment and then it helps to have a reminder that, Maybe this is a good time to have some distance.
The question How Close Am I To This? is especially useful to ask in situations where you need to make important decisions.
To consider the question of how close you are to something, consider whether the following factors are present:
- Emotion — when emotions are charged as they tend to get in relationships and business
- Repetition— repetition in activities, repeating something many times, repeating the same patterns of thoughts, hearing the same things over and over again
- Vested interest — once you start working for someone or you start your own company
Of course, these can and mostly do overlap, and that combination will magnify typically magnify the overall effect.
Emotions
The stronger the feeling, the stronger the impairment to judgement.
For example, if you develop very strong emotions about someone you’re dating, you’re probably not going to see that person’s traits very clearly. Everything will be sunshine and rainbows. When they do something that seems off, it gets…
