🧠Weekly Mind Sweep #134 | Curator’s Perspective
July 2024
Week 130: Curated Conversation; Bias
Week 131: Mind Your Business; Bias
Week 132: Manage Your Mind; Bias
Week 133: What’s On My Mind; Bias
*Week 134: Curator’s Perspective
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Bias and Trust
After my personal experience in last Monday’s Curated Conversation, I reached out to every participant to offer a safe space to share their experience with me. [1]
I was not expecting what I received in return.
Each person, with their unique background and perspective, shared a different experience.
Despite being in the same room, engaging in the same conversation with the same people, and hearing the same thing, each person filtered our conversation on bias through their life experiences and personal biases, which created individual outcomes of experience.
This validated my perception that no one is immune from bias. Each and every one of us walked away with something different.
Trust is the key to bridging these gaps and encouraging open and honest communication.
This has been an enlightening experience to witness.
To re-wonder what even *IS* reality? [2]
To recognize why we may fall into belief patterns, as this awareness empowers us to actively work towards mitigating biases.
To acknowledge the importance of surrounding ourselves with various people, perspectives, and conversations that will support our personal and professional growth.
Trust and relationship matters. [3]
If we’re to actively work towards mitigating biases, it begins with having the trust and safety to do so.
As human beings, our brains are wired for safety, and we often operate our lives and businesses from a place of comfort. Doing so can create a feeling of sameness or feeling stuck.
Instead of operating from comfort, build trust and relationships with others.
Begin building the foundation of a safe space to do and say hard things. Experience things outside of your comfort zone, and begin sharing from a place of vulnerability.
Begin to open yourselves up to judgment and discernment.
That is where the magic begins!
By practicing this regularly, our brains learn that it’s okay to stretch our comfort zone, speak when our voices tremble, and share our perspectives out loud. This builds the foundation of a relationship with others that shows our humanness and our willingness to learn and try something different.
When you witness that your experience is entirely different from my experience, you begin to:
Remove the labels of “right” or “wrong.”
Notice the discomfort that arises, discern, and choose something different from what feels comfortable.
Recognize that the brain automatically feeds information from the deep mental maps that have grown from your past experiences.
When we create a safe space for ourselves, our thoughts, and ideas while remaining open to consideration from others, we also create a space for others to do that as well. From there, your work begins to ripple out to others you are building relationships with.
Considering bias in our businesses is as important as considering it in our personal lives.
Whether you are an entrepreneur, small business owner, or large corporation, your actions are witnessed by others who move through the world differently than you do.
Bias and trust are the foundation of bridging where you stand and where your customers are.
Are you playing it safe, or are you stretching to build trust and meet the diverse needs of your customers?
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What I’m reading
The Maid
A Novel by Nita Prose
Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by.
Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life’s complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection.
But Molly’s orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what’s happening, Molly’s unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black—but will they be able to find the real killer before it’s too late?
A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.
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