Do you know that? Someone's behavior surprises or bothers us. And we know immediately where it comes from. The other's personality is the reason. Stop! Is it really true? Often, situation, circumstances, daily form, or simply luck are much better explanations for the behavior of the other. Our brain ist thinking fast and makes its judgment quickly. In this case, the so-called fundamental attribution error - one of the most common fallacies in human thinking. We tend to overestimate the influence of the person and underestimate the situation. There are 3 good strategies to avoid it:
The bestseller "The 7 habits of highly effective people" by Stephen Covey is one of the most outstanding collections of pragmatic methods and success principles for professional and private life. In a compact edition of the 30th anniversary, Covey gives instructions for self-realization along the success principles. The 7 habits are a good starting point to focus on your own habits regarding effectiveness, success, happiness, and relationship quality in all your social contacts. Here they are:
Unprecedentedly, in his whole lifetime, he never stopped advocating for and explaining the potential of personnel psychology and assessments for job matching, performance, satisfaction, and happiness. Prof. Heinz Schuler, founder of the German-speaking personnel psychology, recipient of the German psychology prize and member of the HR Hall of Fame, passed away on August 3, 2021 at the age of 76 years. His contribution to science and practice continues. Unparalleled, central concepts will remain linked with his legacy for HR managers, organizations and everybody at work:
How do ideas come to action? What happens in your mind between your first thought and its implementation? Why does it need willpower for motivation? Why do some people never exceed lip-service? Do you know sentences like "I would like to want to, I just do not really dare yet?" In order to really come to action, a sequence of 5 steps in your mind is inevitable. Some of it can happen unconsciously, but with some good reasoning and good control you can influence your decisiveness tremendously:
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