Applied Humanism by Jennifer Hancock

Author:Jennifer Hancock [Jennifer Hancock]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Business Expert Press
Published: 2019-05-28T16:00:00+00:00

Why Does This Matter?

This matters because reality matters. If you want to interact with people successfully, and I assume you do because your business and your interpersonal relationships depend on you doing this well; you need to understand the limitations of applying your perspective to other people. Yes, they have feelings and emotions and are for the most part rational actors. But, their experiences and emotions are not the same as yours. They have their own perspective they are viewing things from. Most importantly, you need to understand that they are not always rational actors. In case you were wondering, you are not always rational either.

Compassion

This is why, I keep talking about the importance of compassion. People are not perfect. They are not going to always behave the way they ideally should. You do not either. When that happens, be compassionate with other people in the same way you want them to be compassionate with you.

This does not mean that bad behavior is OK. It means how you deal with it is going to be driven from your compassion, rather than from your anger or frustration. Many of our interpersonal conflicts arise when we try to control other people. Instead of accepting them for who they are and for the limitations they have, we expect them to be perfect and get mad when they are not.

Getting mad does not help anyone, and it does not help you fix the problems that arise as a result of our collective human fallibility. Instead of expecting perfection, build into your operating systems ways to ­double-check common human mistakes.

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