“Not so obvious in our everyday living are these two realities:
Objective- That which others can verify the existence
Subjective- That which is only available to me.
Pretty obviously, all physical objects can potentially be verified by others by whatever sense we employ such as seeing, touching, hearing, smelling, etc. The existence of these things can be verified by others.
Subjective, by definition, is a private matter: Emotions, thoughts, feelings, attitudes, points of view, judgments, body sensations such as pain, tingling, burning, taste, etc.
You are invited to discover this for yourself instead of simply understanding it conceptually. Verify this for yourself before we go onto Reality Rules.”
Erhard, Werner and Jensen, Michael C. and Zaffron, Steve and Echeverria, Jeronima, Course Materials for: ‘Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological/Phenomenological Model’ (October 4, 2022). Harvard Business School NOM Working Paper No. 09-038, Simon School Working Paper No. 08-03, Barbados Group Working Paper No. 08-02, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1263835 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1263835