![]() ![]() But if you do so, you’ll end up liking them even less and become an increasingly angry a-hole. The easiest way to resolve this dissonance is to find ways to blame the other person for inciting your anger. “The things I just said or did to that person were not good.”. ![]() When you act in anger toward someone, it compels you to self-justify what you’ve done to reduce the dissonance between: Here are a few common self-justifications that Mistakes Were Made‘s Aronson and Tavris warn us to watch out for in our everyday lives: Anger Anti-Self-Justification Strategy #2: Know when to be on high alert. It’s an entertaining read and one of my favorite “sledgehammer” books that changed my thinking. The higher your score, the more self-deceptive you tend to be.Īnd if you still won’t admit you have a self-justification problem?Ĭonsider reading Mistakes Were Made, But Not By Me by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson.
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