From the Scripture
Encouraging Words taken from 2 Corinthians 13, to go beyond perceptions that lead to bias behaviors
Pip: Leadership advice has been around long enough that most of it has calcified into a motivational poster. So when bulluckg.com asks us to slow down and actually look at how we see other people, that is either very old wisdom or very necessary medicine.
Mara: Probably both. Today we are sitting with a post about perception, bias, and what it means to truly see the people in front of you — and why that question sits right at the heart of servant leadership. Let’s start with what changes, and what stubbornly does not.
As Much as Things Change
Pip: The post opens with a deceptively simple question: how do I see others? And the honest answer, for most of us, is probably not as clearly as we think.
Mara: The post puts it plainly: “Too often, without thinking about it, human beings mindlessly create incorrect perceptions. Impressions about a target audience can create falsehoods, not always based on fact, but opinion.”
Pip: That word mindlessly is doing a lot of work. These are not malicious distortions — they are the ones that slip through when we are not paying attention, which is most of the time.
Mara: And the post names specific factors that can cloud perception further — trauma, physical health, a sense of safety, family, friends, even type of employment. These are not abstract philosophical variables. They are the texture of a person’s actual life shaping what they see.
Pip: Which is a little humbling, because it means the lens you are looking through has a history you did not necessarily choose.
Mara: The post does not leave it there, though. It points toward science-based visualization techniques as one practical path forward, and then pivots to something it calls a heart matter — the spiritual dimension of how we perceive others.
Visualization
Pip: That pivot is worth sitting with. The argument is not just that bias is a cognitive problem you can fix with the right technique. It is also a question of what your heart is oriented toward.
Mara: Right, and the post lands on this: “Most people that you will meet want to be seen through love.” That is the standard being set for servant leaders — not just accuracy of perception, but warmth in it.
Pip: Accurate and warm. Harder than it sounds, easier than leading people you have never really looked at.
Mara: The post also uses images throughout — therapeutic and artistic — to prompt readers to examine their own conclusions before they have even read an argument. It is a form of self-check built into the reading experience itself.
Perception
Pip: Perception shapes everything that follows in leadership — including how we listen, which is exactly where this conversation goes next.
Mara: Seeing others clearly, and seeing them through love — that tension between honest perception and generous perception is not a problem you solve once.
Pip: No, it is more like a dial you keep adjusting. Same question, every room you walk into.
This blog post invites you to keep adjusting that dial for the better. If you are not willing to make adjustments, things will not change.
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