11/17/21

Personalisation - our fault

Thinking trap quiz

What’s going on:

This type of personalisation is closely linked with catastrophic thinking. However, in this case the negative conclusion is drawn that: “what is happening is not only awful…. but that I am to blame”.

Example:

A manager’s team is under performing so he is 100% to blame.

Replace with:

There is no “I” in team, so let’s look at what we are collectively doing well and what we can still get better at together.

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