Quick Spoon: What else might be true?

We all tell stories to make sense of our experiences.

Your boss says something you don't like.Someone challenges you in a meeting.A colleague doesn't do what you expected.

And almost immediately, we can have a story about what's going on:

"They're being difficult."

"They don't appreciate me."

"They've got it in for me."

In this Quick Spoon, Dr Ryan Kemp talks about how we can construct stories about other people when we've had a negative experience — and how it can sometimes take a little longer to consider our own part in what's happening.

Sometimes our story might be absolutely right.

But Ryan's observation made me think about the value of creating a little space before we settle on our explanation.

Not to blame ourselves.

To be curious.

So here's your Quick Spoon: