E132: Choose Curiosity Over Judgment to Transform How You Lead and Relate
The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New Era · 2025-12-04 · 15 min
Episode notes
So often in our daily interactions—at work, at home, and even with strangers—we slip into automatic judgment without even noticing it. In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet invites you to pause before reacting and explore one of the most quietly transformative leadership practices available to all of us: choosing curiosity instead of judgment. Drawing from her bicultural upbringing in Greece and the United States, Janet shares how being immersed in multiple cultural worlds from a young age shaped her understanding that there is never just one “right” way to see things. Through warm storytelling and reflective insight, she explores how our socialization, backgrounds, and lived experiences shape the lenses we carry—and how embracing multiple truths can expand our leadership, deepen our relationships, and open pathways for connection in an increasingly divided world.