How unbiased we are....

Maturity is a very commonly used word but i sometimes wonder what is the unit to measure it ... can it be age? as in..is there any age by which we all get 'Mature'...for me its difficult to agree.. So is it the educational or professional background through which we can measure somebody's maturity level....I can't say that either.

Well we often notice that highly successful professionals, politicians, corporates goof up while publicly speaking and pass on immature comments. Latest is the Satyam's bosses' sponsored disaster. For me this terrible disaster is an outcome of somebody's immature decisions only, you may have your own opinion about it though, and I have space for it..


But, one thing for sure that the level of maturity decides quality of your decisions...and quality of your decisions only direct and decides quality of your life..

Following is an old popular picture look at it for 10 seconds.








Two boys looked at it one described it as a Young beautiful lady and other - as an old lady. Both were correct in responses why?? read further to find your answer....



Each one of us tend to think we see things as they are, that we are objective...but this is not the case. we see the world, not as it is, but as we are- or as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perception and beliefs/paradigms. when other people disagree with us, we immediately think something is wrong with them. But as the demonstration shows, sincere clearheaded people see things differently, each looking thru the unique lens of experience.

This does not mean that there are no facts. In the demonstration two individuals who initially had been influenced by different conditioning pictures look at the third picture together. They are now both looking at the same identical facts. But each person's interpretation of these facts represents prior experiences, and the facts have no meaning whatsoever apart from the interpretation.

The more aware we are of our basic paradigms or assumptions, and the extent to which we have been influenced by our experience, the more we can take responsibility for those paradigms, examine them, test them against the reality, listen to others and be open to their perceptions, thereby getting a larger picture and a far more objective view.

Do leave your valuable opinions...m waiting :)


courtesy : 7 habits.