Human Behavior November 19, 2022

Futile Attempts to Change Others

Futile Attempts to Change Others

We have the tendency to want to fix others when they don’t act in accordance with our expectation.

We, ourselves, don’t want to change when we get on others’ nerves and they expect to change us. What makes us think others will change for us?

Never seek to change others. You can change yourself, but not others.

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