About this quote

We naturally default to believing our own pace is the only correct one. Everyone else is either an obstacle or a threat, simply because they do things differently. It is easy to judge others when we make ourselves the gold standard of behavior. Next time you feel irritation rising, ask yourself why your current speed is the absolute metric of correctness. It probably is not.

When to use it

• You are annoyed at work because a teammate takes three days to draft a proposal, but you think the colleague who finished in two hours is just rushing.
• While discussing family finances, you complain that your partner is too cheap with groceries but way too reckless with weekend activities.
• On a morning run, you roll your eyes at the slow walkers blocking the path and get annoyed by the fast sprinters passing you.