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    Everything Is Your Fault

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    The document discusses several topics around taking responsibility and seeking truth. It argues that people often react based on emotions rather than truth, and blame others rather than taking responsibility. It advocates adopting a mindset of accepting that everything is your fault and in your control. It also discusses how people often enter conflicts seeking to be right rather than truth, and how in communications it is important to seek truth by understanding situations objectively and listening with empathy rather than blaming.

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    The document discusses several topics around taking responsibility and seeking truth. It argues that people often react based on emotions rather than truth, and blame others rather than taking responsibility. It advocates adopting a mindset of accepting that everything is your fault and in your control. It also discusses how people often enter conflicts seeking to be right rather than truth, and how in communications it is important to seek truth by understanding situations objectively and listening with empathy rather than blaming.

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    The document discusses several topics around taking responsibility and seeking truth. It argues that people often react based on emotions rather than truth, and blame others rather than taking responsibility. It advocates adopting a mindset of accepting that everything is your fault and in your control. It also discusses how people often enter conflicts seeking to be right rather than truth, and how in communications it is important to seek truth by understanding situations objectively and listening with empathy rather than blaming.

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    Everything Is Your Fault

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    The document discusses several topics around taking responsibility and seeking truth. It argues that people often react based on emotions rather than truth, and blame others rather than taking responsibility. It advocates adopting a mindset of accepting that everything is your fault and in your control. It also discusses how people often enter conflicts seeking to be right rather than truth, and how in communications it is important to seek truth by understanding situations objectively and listening with empathy rather than blaming.

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    EVERYTHING IS YOUR FAULT

    Most people make the mistake of reacting based on their emotions.


    Emotions blind us from the truth and…
    Makes us react irrationally.
    That’s me when I
    was in kindergarten
    Teacher
    So the next day…
    Teacher
    So the day after that…
    Teacher
    What my teacher could have said is…
    “Doesn’t seem finish yet, what do you think you need to do next.”
    “Maybe we should get some help, how about we ask someone
    who has done this before.”
    “What can I do better as a teacher to help him?”
    Too many people jump at the chance to tell you that you’re wrong.
    Because if they blame you, they feel better about themselves.
    So instead, here’s a new mindset to explore…
    Everything is your fault.
    Learn to take full responsibility for everything and break the habit
    of blaming others and making excuses.
    Because when everything is your fault, everything is also in your control.
    SEEKING TRUTH
    Most people enter conflicts with the mindset of fighting to be right.
    Usually, their goal isn’t to get to the truth.
    It’s to walk out of the conversation feeling like they’ve won.
    When I was working in sales at a startup…
    Sales Development Rep: Get
    Account Executive: Talk to potential meetings with potential customers
    customers and close deals for Account Executives

    Me Tom
    Okay cool let’s do this! Can you give me I got a meeting for you with a
    more information about the company? cable company.

    Me Tom
    I don’t really have much, just go
    uhhh…. okay
    in and do your thing!

    Me Tom
    So I go to my desk and prepare a presentation for this cable company.
    THE MEETING GOES HORRIBLY

    Me Tom
    Manager: You also messed up
    that other call the other week.

    F#@#&*FJDEU*
    … $&FHFN$$ID
    FN%*$(@)

    Me Tom
    “There’s a lot of things we both could have done to make the call better. I’m
    not saying it’s anyone’s fault, but it’s important to recognize what actually
    happened and what we can do to make the situation better for next time.”

    Me Tom
    Borrowing a lesson from Stoicism…
    In communications, it’s critical to seek truth.
    See things as they are rather than what you perceive them to be.
    And to understand a situation, you must learn to listen.
    Because the most persuasive people are not the ones who are the smoothest
    talkers or have the loudest voices.
    The most persuasive are the best listeners and
    have the highest level of empathy.

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