Is it them, or is it me? The hardest part to accept is that it is both of you.
We tend to blame out flaws on external factors, yet we blame other people's flaws on their character. If you're late for work, you can claim heavy traffic. If they're late, you think they're lazy. This is the time to remember that it's not necessarily their character; it might be something about the environment.
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We tend to attribute others' actions to their character while attributing our actions to external factors. If someone cuts you off in traffic, you might think they're a bad person, but if you do it, you might blame stress or distractions.
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