I Am Biased and So Are You

I’m biased and proud of it! When it comes to doing a workshop, I want the whole day and big doses of content AND fun! I drive hard. I sing. I challenge. You need to shout, write, partner, create, and share!

In this current climate, being biased has a negative spin. Today I’m sharing a piece by my productivity coach, Gary Ryan Blair. See below for the biases I added to the list. I challenge you to add biases that YOU are proud to proclaim!

I Am Biased and Proud of it (so are you)
by Gary Ryan Blair

To be biased is to be in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another.

Sign me up for some of that… as when it comes to excellence, integrity, driving results and unleashing your greatness…I do not adhere to objective standards, nor do I make any pretense of being objective.

I’M BIASED and proud of it (so are you).
I’m happy to crow and disclose my viewpoints and opinions on what I believe is important in building a successful life, a strong family, a prosperous career…and in leading a company, community or country to greatness.

I am biased in favor of liberty and freedom over control and intimidation.
I am biased in favor of teaching people how to fish over simply giving them a fish.
I am biased in favor of having character over being a character.
I am biased in favor of taking responsibility over making excuses.
I am biased in favor of excellence over mediocrity.
I am biased in favor of raising standards over lowering them.
I am biased in favor of initiative over procrastination.
I am biased in favor of servant leadership over autocratic leadership.
I am biased in favor of risk taking over the false security of the comfort zone.
I am biased in favor of kindness and compassion over rudeness and sarcasm.
I am biased in favor of talking over texting.
I am biased in favor of education over entertainment.
I am biased in favor of doing over talking.
I am biased in favor of protecting good grammar over accepting slang and shortcuts.
I am biased in favor of increasing one’s contribution to society over greed and self-interest.
I am biased in favor of honesty and integrity over lying and deception.
I am biased in favor of saving and investing over spending and indebtedness.
I am biased in favor of going the extra mile over just doing enough to get by.
I am biased in favor of leaving a proud legacy over an inheritance.
I am biased in favor of sharing information over hoarding it.
I am biased in favor of peace and understanding over war and conflict.
I am biased in favor of honoring promises and commitments over discarding them when they become inconvenient.
I am biased in favor of building an honorable reputation over having to defend a bad one.
I am biased in favor of humility over arrogance.
I am biased in favor of simplicity and common sense over complexity and nonsense.
I am biased in favor of quality over quantity.
I am biased and in favor of defending principle over surrendering it.
I am biased in favor of challenging your limits over limiting your challenges.
I am biased and in favor of telling people what they need to hear over what they want to hear.
I am biased in the belief that…Everything Counts!

To Gary’s list, I would add,

I am biased in favor of living in abundance over contracting in lack.
I am biased in favor of smiling over frowning.
And I am biased in favor of singing over worrying about being off key.

Now go forth and be Biased!