©2025 – Amy Morin, LCSW. All Rights Reserved
©2025 – Amy Morin, LCSW. All Rights Reserved
Do you struggle with good judgment? If so, you’re not alone. We all lack good judgment sometimes and often, it involves our struggle to identify someone’s true character.
Fortunately, organizational psychologist Richard Davis says we can improve our judgment once we better understand personality. He assesses personality for a living and he’s written a new book called Good Judgment to help us better understand the skills and strategies we can use to become a better judge of character.
Some of things we discuss:
“We are probably a function of the decisions we make in our lives. And if you think about those decisions, most of them actually relate to people in some way.” – Richard Davis
“The real power in understanding personality is that personality is persistent. We change, but we don’t change that much.” – Richard Davis
“The more accurate your judgments are of other people, the better decisions you will make with respect to them, and that will lead to a happier, more successful life.” – Richard Davis
“We tend to surround ourselves with people who are similar in values to us at a core level.” – Richard Davis
“Understanding those stable, predictive aspects of character will actually inoculate you against judging someone based on life circumstances.” – Richard Davis
0:00 Improving Judgment and Perceptivity in Personal and Professional Life
12:16 Understanding Personality Through The Big Five Model
15:44 Understanding Personality to Make Better Life Decisions
22:59 Revealing Personalities Through Influences, Friendships, and High School Years
26:03 Understanding Personality Through Conversational Interviews and Observations
35:02 Tips for Better Judgment and Building Stronger Relationships
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