3306: Action Versus Intention: When Context Is Everything by Helene Massicotte of Free to Pursue on Personal Development

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🗓️ 1 September 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3306: Helene Massicotte explores the concept of "action versus intention," highlighting how we often judge others based on their actions while excusing ourselves based on our intentions. By understanding that context is essential, she encourages us to give others the benefit of the doubt, fostering greater empathy and patience in our daily lives. Read along with the original article(s) here: http://www.freetopursue.com/blog/action-versus-intention Quotes to ponder: "That means, in effect, that we judge ourselves based on our intentions but that we judge others based on their actions." "It’s easy to judge harshly and swiftly. One simple question flipped our attitude from intolerance to acceptance and our emotion from contempt to sympathy." "To be sure of that, I would have to know the whole story. And often, that is nearly impossible." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is optimal living daily.
0:03.0	Action versus intention.
0:05.0	When context is everything.
0:07.0	By a land mascot of Free to Pursue.com
0:10.0	and I'm Justin Malik, your very own personal narrator. I read to you every single day of the year
0:15.2	so that you don't have to go find blogs and articles yourself. I find the best authors online in my opinion
0:20.7	and simply read them to you for free.
0:23.4	So with that let's get right to it and continue optimizing your life.
0:27.0	Action versus intention when context is everything by a land mascot of free to pursue.com.
0:39.0	It happens in the car at work at, when we're out and about. We all do it. We judge. We judge ourselves and we judge others. We judge everything we and others do say and opine. It might be just for an instant, but we still do it.
1:00.3	To judge is not necessarily a bad thing. We need to observe and evaluate what's around us.
1:05.5	It's how we learn, how we decide what we like or don't like. It's also how we evaluate
1:10.7	opportunities and risks. Our judgment is a great asset, especially when
1:15.8	it's been cultivated into good judgment and common sense, but even a great asset can cause
1:22.3	us trouble from time to time.
1:25.0	Context is everything.
1:27.4	For as long as I can remember,
1:28.9	context is everything has been one of my favorite expressions. It's a good reminder that we don't always
1:35.0	have all the information to understand what's going on when something just
1:39.2	doesn't seem right or isn't clear. It invites us to question, to pursue our curiosity when we're confused by something or simply want to understand it better.
1:50.0	And I appreciated it even more when a speaker introduced me to the concept of action versus intention.
1:57.5	I wish I could remember my original source, though I've heard it a number of times since.
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