Being judgmental in a tense situation is insidious. In fact, I catch myself blaming others when the going gets tough. It is a cowardly and unacceptable thing, and should be overcome by mental discipline whenever it rears its ugly head.
As usual, such thoughts have their origins masked in the comforting veneer of logic. Something is going seriously wrong and I am doing my best. Therefore, some other person is at fault. He’s not working hard enough. She’s not skilled enough. Logically, I already know I am doing my best and therefore someone else must be at fault.
It must therefore be considered, the possibility that one isn’t really doing one’s best. Working hard alone has little bearing on putting in one’s best effort. Sometimes, chewing gum all day and having a flash of insight can be greater than merely brainstorming all day and churning out mediocre ideas wrought of an exhausted mind. Under the pretense of “productivity”, the quality of one’s work suffers.
Therefore, when one starts pointing that finger, one should ask whether one is truly doing one’s best. Of course, we already know that we’re doing our best. It’s a given, because everyone else is always at fault.
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