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Psych 101: Controlling This Tendency Will Make You Happier and More Productive (feefighters.com)
1 point by startupstella on Jan 18, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


when bad things happen to us, we are more likely to blame external factors. However, when bad things happen to others, we’re more likely to blame internal factors, such as their personality

I have this conversation with people all the time. Striving to level the two, AKA where you see other people in the same light as your own self perception is key. If not, all kinds of double standards, arise in which usually, you give yourself the better of those two standards.




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