Everything is my fault

原文:

Everything is my fault

By Derek Sivers

I hardly ever get mad, but I spent a few years being really mad at my ex-employees.

They corrupted the culture of the company. They tried to stage a mutiny. They focused on their benefits instead of our clients.

They this. They that. Do you hear the pattern?

When someone upsets you, it's human nature to feel it's entirely their fault.

But one day I started thinking maybe it was all my fault.

I created the environment that let the rotten apples spoil the barrel.

I ignored problems instead of nipping them in the bud.

I was aloof and away instead of managing or training managers.

(I could list many more examples, but you get the idea.)

It felt so good to decide it was all my fault!

This is way better than forgiving. When you forgive, you’re still assuming they’re wrong and you're the victim. You’re just charitably pardoning their horrible deeds.

But to decide it’s your fault feels amazing! Now you weren’t wronged.They were just playing their part in the situation you created. They’re just delivering the punch-line to the joke you set up.

What power! Now you’re like a new super-hero, just discovering your strength. Now you’re the powerful person that made things happen, made a mistake, and can learn from it. Now you’re in control and there’s nothing to complain about.

This philosophy feels so good that I’ve playfully decided to apply this “EVERYTHING IS MY FAULT” rule to the rest of my life.

It’s one of those base rules like “people mean well” that’s more fun to believe, and have a few exceptions, than to not believe at all.

The guy that stole $9000 from me? My fault. I should have verified his claims.

The love of my life that suddenly dumped me after six years? My fault. I let our relationship plateau.

Don’t like my government? My fault. I could get involved and change it.

See what power it is?

Yes, the word “responsibility” is more accurate, but to me that's such a somber serious word, whereas “everything’s my fault” is a fun rule-of-thumb.

Try it on.

Think of every bad thing that happened to you, and imagine you happened to it.

Cool, huh?

That power looks good on you.

译文:

《都是我的错》

我几乎很少生气,但是我曾经有些年对我的员工特别的生气过。

他们破坏了公司的文化,他们试图反叛,他们集中于他们自己的利益而不是顾客的利益。

他们这样,他们那样。你听过这样的言论吗?

当某人让你很失望了,人的本能就是感觉这都是他们的错误。

但是有一天我就在想这可能是我的错误。

1、是我创造环境让这个坏苹果在这个桶里变坏。

2、我忽视了问题而不是把这些问题扼杀在萌芽阶段。

3、我曾经太冷漠了而不是在管理和训练一个管理者。

4、(我本来可以列出更多的例子,但是你懂得)

把错误都归到我这里让我感到很好。

把错误都归结为自己比原谅更好。当你原谅了,你仍然在假设这是他们的错误并且你是受害者。你只是很仁慈的原谅了他们严重的行为而已。

但是去决定这是你的错误让人感到很震惊!现在你并没有错误。他们只是在你创造的环境里扮演着他们的角色。他们只是在因为你制造的笑话里面投递着妙语而已。

多么的强大呀!现在你就像一个新的超级英雄一样,只是在发现你自己的力量,现在你就是这个让这件事情发生的那个有力量的人,犯一个错误,并且可以从中学到东西。现在你就爱自己的掌控之内并且没有什么好抱怨的。

这个哲理让我感到非常的棒以至于我玩笑似的决定把这个“任何事情都是我自己的错误”规则应用到我自己接下来的生活当中去。

那是类似于“人之初性本善”这种基本原则其中的一种,这是一种很有意思的相信,相比一点也不相信有更多的期待。

1、这个人从我这里投了9000美元?我的错。我们本应该小心一点的。

2、我生活中的爱突然在六年之后抛弃了我?我的错。我本应该让我们的关系稳定的。

3、不喜欢我的政府?我的错。我本应该摄入其中并且去做一些改变。

看到这件事的力量了吗?

是的,“责任”这个词更加的精确,但是对于我来说这是一个很阴暗的词,无论在哪里“任何事情都是我的错”是一种有趣的验证经验。

试一试。

想一想每一件发生在你身上的坏事情,并且想象这是因为你导致的。

很棒,不是吗?

那样一种力量看起来对你来说很受用。

启发:

把事情的错误都归因于自己是一种自我提高的高效方式,并且这也是一种勇于承担责任的美德,但是我们要先像原谅他人一样善于原谅自己,原谅之后要做的事情就是用行动做出改变,用行动去原谅自己,这才是关键。

在《Beyond Feelings》里面作者给出了这样一个现象,每一个人都经历过这么四个阶段:

1、I'm not ok ,you're not ok.

2、I'm not ok ,you 're ok.

3、I' m ok,you're not ok .

4、I'm ok ,you're ok.

第四个阶段是最厉害的学习者的境界,他们能够在任何人身上都能够学到学以致用的东西。达到这阶段之前,最大的束缚来自于尚未摆脱经济束缚之前,各种情绪都可能被无限放大。

  这里就出现了一个问题,就是我们在认为错误的事情都是自己造成的话,那么很可能会导致我们进入第二阶段或者第一阶段,这都是阻碍我们进步的阶段,我们需要挣扎着进入第四阶段,成为一个高效的学习者。

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