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Failure to Put Oneself in Another’s Position
Examples of this error:
- “Some friend. He thinks he’s better than us now that he’s in treatment.
- “Big deal – so I didn’t do anything for my mother on Mother’s Day.”
- “The lead counselor didn’t know the answer to that question. He’s not so smart.”
A. Pick two people you interacted with this week. Put yourself in their shoes. Complete the following four steps for each person separately.
1. First person’s name: _______________________________________________
2. Describe the situation that you both were in together
3. If you were them, how would you have felt?
4. What effect did you have on them?
1. Second person’s name: _______________________________________________
Describe the situation that you both were in together
2. If you were them, how would you have felt?
3. What effect did you have on them?
B. Choose one person you feel strongly about and list his or her good and bad points. List 5 of each.
Good Points Bad Points
1. _________________________________ _________________________________
2. _________________________________ _________________________________
3. _________________________________ _________________________________
4. _________________________________ _________________________________
5. _________________________________ _________________________________
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