Seeing Individuals

Build the habit of evaluating people as individuals:

• Delay judgment — the longer you wait to form an opinion, the more data you have and the more accurate your read.
• Seek disconfirming information — actively look for ways the person does not fit your assumption.
• Ask about their story — individual context overrides group statistics, so understand circumstances before judging character.
• Catch yourself categorizing — when a stereotype forms, label it: "That is a category, not a person."
• Diversify your exposure — the more contact you have with diverse people, the harder it is to stereotype reflexively.