The judgement of others is just a distraction

Today our window cleaner arrived around lunch time. I was in my pjamas making toast for breakfast. Toast with Nutella. Not ideal.

I made all sorts of assumptions about the judgements he would be making about me, like ‘how is she still in her pjs?’ or ‘there’s a lot of Nutella on that toast’ or even ‘how is she only just having breakfast? It’s lunch time!’ etc

I actually considered putting jam on my toast instead. Like jam is more acceptable somehow?!
And I contemplated whether I should go get the baby from the other room, so that he could see I had an ‘excuse’ for the lack of attention I’d paid myself. Both of which seem ridiculous now but I considered to be good options at the time.
Reacting to perceived judgement rather than trusting our own is just as unhelpful in business as it is in our personal lives.

So my invitation to you is to consider: where are you allowing the judgement (or potential judgement) of others to impact your thinking? Or worse, make you question actions you believe are right? Notice it.

Re-centre (stop trying to hang out in someone else’s head and get back in your own body). And make the choice you know is best in that moment.

Interested to hear what you find 👇