How Leaders Misjudge Situations and People and What To Do About It

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Hey, everyone, welcome to another five minute leader, I am back again, in Florida this time I'm in Orlando last time I was doing a series of these videos, I was in Palm Beach and I'm here doing an event for a vendor just gave a talk for around five or so 100 people did a book signing a q&a session. And now I have my coffee here and wanted to do a video for you based on some of the things that have been coming up not just today, but over the past few weeks. Coffee is so good.

Today's video is all about a concept called fundamental attribution error. And you might be familiar with this concept, maybe not. But I wanted to explain it because it came up in a discussion I just had with a leader. And so the best way that I can introduce the concept is have you ever been at a restaurant, and the waiter brings you food, and they're kind of snappy, maybe they have an attitude, they're just not delivering the type of service that you would expect. And your immediate initial reaction is, oh, man, that person is such a jerk, I'm gonna go get them fired, I'm gonna go get them in trouble, I'm gonna go talk to their boss, we're similarly Have you ever been stuck in traffic, and then you see people, you know, somebody swerving through the lanes, and they cut you off and you're like, Ah, you son of a bee and you're cursing and screaming and freaking out, and you get very upset? Chances are that has happened to you. I know that it's happened to me.