How To Stop Judging People - Sara Minkara

We all judge people, and often before they even speak. Sara Minkara, blind since age 7 and a former US Special Advisor on disability rights for the Biden administration, can't see the people she meets - so she can't judge them on looks. We’re having a conversation about removing judgment and assumptions, critically thinking and speaking with intention, and how that impacts your leadership skills in the world and translates to better outcomes at work. In this episode, you'll learn: ■ How to stop judging people: we label everyone in the first few seconds, and those assumptions decide how much we listen to them. Sara's way of meeting people without the labels. ■ The 1 question to ask instead of "so, what do you do?": "tell me your story outside of work". She says it's the most powerful thing you can do in any networking setting. ■ How great leaders hear the truth: her In the Dark method blindfolds whole teams and bans name, title, hometown and education, so the intern's idea gets heard like the CEO's. ■ How to rebuild trust in a team: why a few workshops won't fix it, and the question she opens with: if you had to build an organisation with no trust, how would you do it? ■ Why a seat at the table isn't enough: if people don't feel safe to speak, and nobody is listening, diversity on paper changes nothing. ■ How constraints make you a better leader: she can't read off a script and doesn't use Braille, so she learned to think every meeting through, and it made her a more effective diplomat. 🔗 LINKS → Sara Minkara on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarasminkara → Sara's website and In the Dark: https://saraminkara.com → Curious Constructs, her weekly Substack: https://sarasminkara.substack.com 📱 MORE FROM DOONE → Join 160,000+ women on my free newsletter: the best opportunities to apply for, plus the routines and habits from every episode: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=sara_minkara → Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@imagineifwithdoone → Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dooneroisin