“Adjusting our perception to account for the situation takes effort, and we might not always have the time or cognitive resources to do so,” co-founders of The Decision Lab, Dan Pilat and Dr. Sekoul Krastev, write. “Other times, we ignore the situation because we believe that it’s not relevant, instead seeing behavior as diagnostic of certain personality traits.” If we approach things with more empathy and a willingness to put ourselves in other people’s shoes, we might see people and their situations more balancedly.
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