Only hurt people hurt people
…is to think "What's wrong with them?" This is [[the fundamental attribution error]], attributing to character in others the missteps we attribute to…
the fundamental attribution error
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Also known as correspondence bias, this is a cognitive bias that leads us to attribute others’ mistakes to their character while attributing our own mistakes to circumstance.
We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior. (Stephen Covey in The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything)
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