Epictetus once said,
“Take a stand once you have deliberated and determined that a course of action is wise, never discredit your judgment. Stand squarely behind your decision. Chances are there may indeed be people who misunderstand your intentions and who may even condemn you. But if, according to your best judgment, you are acting rightly, you have nothing to fear. Take a stand. Don’t be cravenly noncommittal.”
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When Should We Take a Stand?
We are constantly told to stand our ground, to believe in something, or to be assertive, but at what point do we know if we are ready to take a stand? We see people on TV often take a stand for something they believe in only to be constantly ridiculed. Especially in the past couple of years during the pandemic, there have been battles over abortion laws and disagreements about gun control and many have stood their ground only to be publicly shamed by it. When I stepped back from the 24-hour news cycle and tried to put myself in the same position as the individuals who were standing their ground, I questioned myself if I would do the same for something I truly believed in. Even though the reasons they were standing their ground did not align with my personal belief, I still had to respect those individuals for standing up for something they believed in, and I tried to determine what I would take a stand for, and if I was truly ready to take a stand for something.
It Starts Within
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If you have your life in order, you can trust yourself to make the right judgment calls. If your entire life you have been making mistakes and bad judgment calls, then there is a good chance the thing you are taking a stand for may be flawed. Don’t be in a rush to constantly take a stand for something when your track record says you need to work on your judgment first before taking a stand for something.
Become a Reliable Source
The first key to being a reliable source is to have a growth mindset, in a growth mindset you can learn and acknowledge situations where you have been mistaken and use those experiences to grow and learn instead of a fixed mindset where you are convinced everyone else is wrong. To become a reliable source, we need to leave emotions out of every decision we make. The author Ryan Holiday has a great quote in Discipline is Destiny on making emotional decisions,
“Nearly every regret, every mistake, every embarrassing moment—whether it be personal or professional or historical—have one thing in common: Somebody lost control of their emotions. Somebody got carried away. Somebody was scared, or defensive. Somebody wasn’t thinking beyond the next few seconds.”
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Ryan Holiday
Keeping a cool head is key to being a reliable source and when we feel our emotions running high, we need to step away from the situation at all costs until we can reach clear, unemotional thinking again.
When You Are Reliable, Trust Your Judgment
Once you feel reliable enough to trust your judgment you are ready to take a stand for something you believe in. There will still be circumstances where no matter how good your judgment is, you will be wrong, and these are the scenarios when a growth mindset comes in. If we keep a growth mindset, mistakes, and wrong decisions will continue to help us grow and in the long run, the odds of our judgment being off will continue to diminish.
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