5.8 Our Assumptions and Expectations

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Our Assumptions and Expectations

Since we usually like to associate with people who have similar thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and behaviors, it can be very easy to make inaccurate assumptions and place difficult expectations for these individuals. Our challenge can be to avoid viewpoints such as these people should be more like me in almost everything of importance. Since our values and beliefs generally work well for us, we can often see differences as the problem of others rather than considering the possibility that the conflict is generated within ourselves.