The nonjudgmental approach

“Be curious, not judgmental.”

- Walt Whitman

We have learned not to judge a book by it’s cover, but it’s human of us to make assumptions based off our initial impressions, whether it’s people, places or things. Many people love jumping to conclusions before gathering all of the details or knowing all the facts. Is it a lazy approach? Perhaps. It also dismisses everything that lies beneath whatever it is we happen to be passing judgment on in the moment. To make matters worse, we tend to make our judgments from a negative approach, especially when observing…