5 Eye-Opening Mistakes That Impact How You Understand Others

Avoid these mistakes to improve your understanding of others and build stronger connections.

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So much of the arguments and disagreements we have with others can often be traced to making inaccurate inferences about them and their behaviors.

It may surprise you to know that you may not always understand others as much you think you do.

This lack of understanding can stand in the way of building strong relationships.

How you see others and interpret their actions shape how you interact with them.

Here are five mistakes you need to avoid to understand others better.

Thinking someone’s behavior is caused by disposition, ours by situation.

When someone does something, we like to think it’s because that’s just their character.

But when we do something, we attribute it to situation. We think, “This isn’t really me; my circumstances made me do it.”

For instance, you’re running late for work, and you accidentally cut someone off as you speed through the traffic. In this situation, you might think, “I’m not aggressive on the road; being late…