Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by ignorance or poor design.
Most frustrating behaviour — the colleague who misses your point, the partner who forgets — comes from different information or different wiring, not hostile intent. Assuming malice poisons the relationship; assuming poor design opens a repair path.
Pick one recurring frustration with someone. Write down the most generous plausible explanation for their behaviour.
Is this person acting against you, or acting from a map of the world you haven't seen yet?
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