Tags : bias

When we see a person, like the one below, nothing seems out of the ordinary. Even if we come across the person below, hardly ever an eyebrow is raised, but when we see him, something crosses our mind. Why is that? Because it’s some form of impairment? Then why don’t similar thought cross our minds when we see this form of impairment? Maybe because visual disability is so common, we have gotten used to it?

Stephen R. Covey in his landmark book “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” defines 9 possible centres that people have: Spouse-centred Friends / Enemy-centred Family-centred Money-centred Work-centred Possession - centred Pleasure-centred Church-centred Self-centred In other words, these are the glasses we see the world through. All decision making is coloured by your bias towards one or more of these. But none of these are worth centring ones life around, they all blur the view.