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Saying These 3 Words More Will Make You A Better Friend
Here’s a hint: Apologize
“I was wrong.”
Whenever I angrily write about how people screw us over at every turn, my views skyrocket.
“7 Brutal Things You Need To Learn About People That Are Sad But True” is one example, which is one of my most-popular articles of all time.
At one point in that piece I write, “People will turn on you at a moments notice.”
Jeez. This is clearly an “I do everything right, everybody else sucks” kind of an article. I wrote it three years ago, so don’t judge me.
The reason I bring that up is, it seems many of us hold similar beliefs.
We’re good, right? And the other person is bad.
No. When there’s an argument between two people, both are always at fault.
We all contribute to our own problems with other people, because without our involvement, there wouldn’t be a problem in the first place. It truly takes two to tango.
Oddly enough, if you start looking at any inter-personal relationship problems through the lens of “this is probably my fault, too” it starts changing everything.
