What Profit Have We Made From Faultfinding?

Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business...—Og Mandino

Faultfinding’s so easy to do, the blame game; throwing it on the next person.

The ease with which we turn the searchlight on the next person while shifting the focus away from ourselves.

Instead of looking inwards and confronting our absurdities, we look outwards and obsess about others’ absurdities.

We exert so much energy on others we should exert on ourselves.

All that time spent scrutinizing others, beaming the searchlight, and attending gossip parties.

We fuel the culture of rumor-mongering and finger-pointing.

The time we could have spent growing in self-awareness, the next person preoccupies us and takes that focus away.

We place ourselves on undeserved pedestals.

We may be right in our observations, and our claims, but our criticisms are not gentle or constructive. Instead, we beam with righteous indignation.

Perhaps faultfinding happens because it’s easy. It’s easier for someone other than ourselves to be on the hot seat. It’s harder and humiliating to put that focus on ourselves.

Are there any faultfinders in the house? A thought we can start with is: As I find fault with the next person, how much of this time can I use to improve myself?