Tips to Creating Wisdom Through Respecting Virtue and Understanding Perceptual Lenses

We hear people talk about values and people talk about other's values regularly through a process of social evaluations. We are all guilty in one form or another of making quick judgements. That is pretty normal as we seek to gauge ourselves and others to find a type of homeostasis with our social world. There are some differences we should consider. Respecting virtue in self/others as well as understanding perceptual lenses leads to greater rational decision making.

Some people who value and respect concepts such as virtue and moral conscious are often wiser than others. These are the type of managers and executives that are less quick to judge and less likely to use lower values to assess others’ behaviors heuristically without much thought. They are in essence the wise leader. People who Value Virtue Show Wiser Reasoning

We all have lenses in which we see the world. These are a combination personal, behavioral and cultural factors in many ways learned since childhood but also influence by our biological and psychological make up. To have the metacognitive learning ability to see one's cultural lens, mold it, and improve its accuracy takes significant reflection. Social Cognition Theory

Gaining the ability to understand self means we also gain the ability to understand and predict others behaviors/goals. There are certain "truths" about human nature that transcend cultures, locality, and companies. Managing a global enterprise through different lenses requires a level of humbleness. This is why most of the exceptional people I have met who have high skill are humbler then those with lower skill sets but bigger egos. Humble People See the World Differently "The Glue"

A Few Tips:

-Understand the difference between reality in terms of physical facts and preception in terms of interpretation of reality. An evidence based approach. Know what you know and know what you don't know. Intellectual curiosity.

-Before making a decision think about what the best long term strategic outcome would be and align accordingy for maximum flexibility. Long and short term strategic thinking.

-Accept that you make mistakes but are going to do the best you can with what you have. Be humble and avoid arrogance/ego because people will trust you if that value is truely present within you. Mistakes in leadership are common so don't be quick to judge others. See and recognize yourself in others.

-Ensure you accept differences in how people process information, their level of understanding, and be a guide to their development. When you are the guide and want the best for others they will follow you anywhere. Make sure you are leading for a purpose, for them, and around certain values people can support.

Learning Lesson: Information and studies like this help us understand the difference between good people trying to do the right thing and and those who don't. Leaders and executives should have a moral and ethical component to their personality. How they decide, act, think, and encourage outcomes comes to define them and overall trust and performance.