
What to do when you offend someone | Lambers Fisher
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Embrace Offense for Growth
Accepting the inevitability of offense, ignorance, and misunderstanding is crucial for personal growth and improving interpersonal dynamics. Acknowledge that you cannot know everything about everyone, and instead, focus on valuing your existing knowledge while being open to learning from experiences. Understand that your intentions may not match the impact of your actions, and it's important to reassure those who feel hurt that you do not pose a threat. Flexibility and openness to change are essential, but this change should stem from a desire for growth rather than from feeling like a bad person.
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