We often believe we are living under a microscope and that everyone is always looking, scrutinizing and judging our every move, waiting to pounce if we did something wrong.
Not true.
Far from it.
Often enough, nobody noticed your faux pas or if they did, simply forget about it.
It’s called the “spotlight effect“.
We are also more critical of OUR mistakes and believes that others judge us by that same stick.
Again, not true.
People – especially strangers and if they noticed anything at all – are more charitable in their assessment of our mistakes (not friends though, you’ll never live down THAT time when you did THAT thing at THAT party).
So the moral is, be bolder and more adventurous because it seems that everyone else could care less and/or more forgiving than you thought.
Originally posted 7 June 2012
Rooooooling.... 