2269: [Part 1] Thinking Ourselves Right - The Good and Bad Sides of Self-Justification by Helene Massicotte of FTP
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement
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Why We Shouldn't Rewrite the Script
We often don't realize we're justifying our behavior. Cheating on a test, lying to a spouse and stealing office supplies are just some of the ways in which we do it. It's how we resolve that cognitive dissonance were rencing by fooling ourselves into thinking or having revisionist memories of why we're right. Scary stuff, the upside of kidding ourselves.
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