About this episode

The episode discusses the tendency to focus on the faults of others and the importance of self-reflection in personal and professional growth.

It’s not like we don’t know we’re supposed to do that. It’s not like I don’t know. But it so much easier, maybe even reflexive, to notice the faults of others. To be fair, it’s also part of legal training: to look for the faults, or the fault lines. To always be on the lookout for what could go wrong, what could blow up, and who could be blamed. What a training. But only a training. Another training is to look at myself – for all of us to look at ourselves, and see what we’ve done or le...

People in this episode

Host: Judi Cohen

Topics covered

• self-reflection
• legal training
• faults of others
• personal growth
• self-awareness

Keywords

• self-reflection
• legal training
• faults
• personal growth
• self-awareness

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