Handling Personal Wrongness

 

Results of Disuse

How to

Results of Learning

Humility

The ability to acknowledge potential personal wrongness

Arguments degenerate into "rightness" battles

Learn to acknowledge the possibility, admit the possibility of being wrong

I could be wrong, you could be right, let's talk

Awareness

The ability to observe actual personal wrongness

Arguments are confusing

Learn to welcome feedback and honestly look in the mirror at oneself

I see where I'm wrong

Responsibility

The ability to be bothered by personal wrongness

Both people blame each other for the problems

Learn to admit faults, request forgiveness

It bothers me when I’m wrong

Empathy

The ability to be bothered if your personal wrongness hurts others

Words and actions are intended to hurt

Learn to understand, and validate

It bothers me when my wrongness hurts you

Reliability

The ability to correct personal wrongness

Nothing changes because neither person sees anything to correct

Learn to target the correction, debrief instead of rehash

When I’m wrong, I'll change

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