Saturday 16 November 2013

Put Positive Interpretation on Other People's Behavior

Step 7:
 In the absence of sufficient facts, people instinctively put a negative interpretation on others' actions or inactions. Some people suffer from "paranoia"; they think the world is out to get them. That is not true. By starting on a positive note, we have a better chance of building a pleasing personality resulting in good relationships. 
For example, how often have we put through a call and not gotten a reply from the other party for two days and the first thought t at comes to our mind is, "They never cared to h return my call" or "They ignored me." That is negative. Maybe:
  •  they tried, but couldn't get through 
  • they left the message we didn't get
  •  they had an emergency they never got the message


 There could be many reasons. It is worth giving the benefit of doubt to the other person and starting on a positive note. 

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