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EP269 Why YOU always seem to be right (and how to tell if you're not)

Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

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The Principle of Separate Reality

You can stop trying to make everyone else think like you when you realize their separate reality prevents them from ever doing so. Recognize that your opinions usually come from your own beliefs and separate reality, not necessarily from unbiased, objective truth. As frustrating as other people can be, it can help to remember that they really are living in separate worlds. Use the principle of separate realities to help you approach students, colleagues, and parents from a place of empathy, intellectual humility, and a genuine desire to understand and connect.

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