Welcome back to the Squiggly Career Skill Sprint. We are on day eight of our sprint and today's topic is

judgment. And judgment is one of those skills that I think can feel difficult to figure out like how

do I get better at this? Like how do I have better judgment? And though it is definitely a

learnable skill, it's one of those

where I think we have to break it down a bit to think about, well, how do I improve? Like, what does getting

better look like? But I think when you do have good judgment, the benefit for you in your career

is that in return, you get really good trust from people. I think people start to trust you to make

decisions. They give you more space. I think you have more permission to like play and to make

things happen when people see, oh, well, she or he has, they've got smart judgment. They think

things through. They see the shades of grey,

and they get to the right conclusion.

And we were having a chat about the difference between judgment and being judgmental.

I think it's a fine line, but a really important one.

So if we are chatting and like I'm like saying, I think we should do that because I think

that's rubbish and this is my opinion of what we should do, That's quite potentially quite judgmental because I've not really explained my thinking

or how I've got to that kind of idea in my head. Whereas judgment, I would say as a result of like

these bits of information and what I've considered, this is what I think is the best way forward.

And when someone understands your thinking, they've got like an insight into how you've got to this is what I think is the best way forward. And when someone understands your thinking,

they've got like an insight into how you've got to that judgment,

I think there's a bit more understanding for it,

maybe a bit more buy-in.

So just sort of be aware and maybe spot other people at this difference between,

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