I recently moved to a new office building. Before I moved, a colleague made some unfavorable comments about someone in my new building.

I could have avoided the person, had low expectations during our interactions, or dismissed them entirely.  Before I could even consider those courses of action, I met this person on my first day and they were the sweetest, nicest person, and went out of their way to help me.  They greeted me by name and I hadn’t even met them before. Every time I saw them they greeted me warmly with a smile, and today they even offered their personal umbrella when I dashed out and discovered it was raining.

I thought to myself  .  .  .you just can’t listen to everybody – you have to decide for yourself!

Now, there are times when a heads up can be very useful and proceeding carefully is wise, but there are also times when your experience can be very different than someone else’s. 

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