Why do people feel the need to say, “I beg to differ”? Just differ. It's your opinion and you're entitled to it and even if you beg, if I disagree with it, the begging won't have mattered.

If someone said you look ugly with your purple hair. You most likely wouldn't care because you don't have purple hair. If they said you suck, you'd believe it because you don't think you're wholly good. Perhaps, you suck to a degree. If they asked whether you think your parents suck, you may argue in disagreement. But if they asked whether your parents are wholly good, you'd still disagree because they have flaws you may be aware of.

It's fascinating how we tend to judge ourselves harshly yet easily extend grace to anyone but ourselves. With this bias, we rob ourselves of the very mercies we need to live a life free from internalizing beliefs others have about us.

Briefly put, our capacity for grace is often directed outward, while our capacity for judgment is directed inward. We often tend to instinctively grant others the grace of being imperfect without being worthless, yet we often refuse to grant ourselves that same grace by allowing external opinions to define our self-worth.

The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinion AND have others listen to it.

The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!

Ignore People And Their Opinions

DenzelWashington.#motivation#success#inspirationalquotes#denzelwashington

You know, I normally rant on other platforms about the dangers and trouble ls of professional mannerisms that I consider degrading such as Tribalism or Nepotism.

For example now that USAID has left, the whole extended family is jobless... but that's just my opinion 😮‍💨

I have come to accept that most of us know what we want to do and will do it anyway without considering any of the advice, suggestions or the opinions we desperately seek for. We just ask others so that we involve another person to share the consequential burden.
"Follow your heart" should be the default advice to save time.