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Eating the Blame

What does it mean to truly face ourselves?

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Robert Waldinger
Apr 17, 2025
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When you make a mistake, what’s your typical strategy? Do you deny it? Do you blame someone else? Do you pretend it doesn’t matter? Every day in our personal lives and in our public conversations we see people using these maneuvers to avoid looking squarely in the mirror and taking responsibility.

There are many famous examples of how much we suffer as a…

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