On a recent flight, I started watching a show called Traitors. It is a reality show, which I typically do not watch, yet had already watched the available movies so thought I’d explore this show. 

The premise involves 20 people in a castle where 3 of them are chosen to be the secret traitors while the others, the faithfuls, attempt to discover who they are and vote them out. If all traitors are voted out, then remaining faithfuls share the $250,000 prize. If even one traitor is left at the end, then that person takes it all. 

It became fascinating to watch how the participants filtered their  observations of each other through their own internal perceptions and judged someone as a traitor and then attempted to convince others that their decision was correct.

The majority of the time, they were wrong and voted out a faithful! Sometimes, they could not convince others that who they thought was a traitor was the truth since each player convinced themselves who the traitors were based on their own perceptions and judgments and thought they knew the truth.

Then, there is the strategy that the traitors used to remain secret.

I won’t share the ending yet watch it, if only to observe the way the players and traitors made decisions.

To the original question above, how do you determine information in order to make a decision?

Our subconscious influences our decisions based on past experiences with a similar individual or situation and to avoid the previous disappointment, pain, or result. 

Reflect for yourself about:

• Who have you judged based on past information or experiences that may not be true now?
• What decisions have you made that you discovered were based on wrong perceptions or information?
• When have you taken the word of someone else without verifying whether the information is true or not?
• Where have you experienced others making decisions about you that were incorrect?
• Why is it important to form allies around you and are you certain they are allies? 
• How can you step back and reflect rather than assuming your perception, judgment and decision is correct?
  
  

Being curious and asking further questions or researching another perspective provides a more ’rounded’ view of a person or situation. 

And that would create the opportunity to determine the best decision and action for you in that situation. 

[appreciation for the image creator]