The Real Blind Spot Is Needing To Be Right

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The Real Blind Spot Is Needing To Be Right
Apr 22, 2026
Buddy Foy Jr

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You’ve felt it before: you’re looking at something that seems undeniable, and someone else looks at the same facts and reaches a totally different conclusion. That disconnect isn’t just frustrating. It’s revealing. We’re living in an age of division, loud narratives, and emotional certainty, where people defend a position faster than they examine the truth. 

We turn to the Gospel of John to show how old this pattern really is. In John 9, a man born blind receives sight. In John 11, Lazarus is raised after four days in the tomb. These are public, unmistakable moments, yet the leaders interrogate and resist them not because the evidence is unclear, but because accepting it would cost them control, influence, and a carefully protected vision of “truth.” That same dynamic shows up today as confirmation bias, spiritual blindness, and the temptation to treat discernment like a weapon instead of a practice. 

From leadership to relationships to politics, I unpack the danger of building your identity around being right. When correction feels like loss, we stop learning and start guarding territory. The way out is humility: pausing before reacting, testing what we’re hearing, praying for clarity, and staying willing to be refined. If you can’t change your mind, you can’t lead. 

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