Coaching practices for Learning Not Blame

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• Every time this conflict flares my mind races to how they’re at fault, and I keep noticing I never once turn the question around to my own expectations and reactions
• The whole thing has become a tug-of-war over whose fault it is
• I extend everyone else this generosity, but when I mess up I go straight to "I’m lazy, I’m a failure, this is just who I am"
• Every time something doesn’t land I turn it into "I’m failing at this" instead of just noticing what actually happened
• When something flops, I notice how fast my mind starts spinning reasons it doesn’t really count

Practices that may help

1. Drive all blames into one
   When conflict arises, examine how self-grasping is the root, rather than blaming the other person.
   Lojong: Tibetan Mind Training
2. Move from blame to contribution
   Ask how each side contributed to the situation instead of who is at fault.
   Difficult Conversations, Made Practical
3. Apply the razor to yourself
   Extend to your own past actions the same charitable interpretation you give others.
   Hanlon's Razor: Never Attribute to Malice What Stupidity Can Explain
4. Use the performance-feedback loop without Self 1
   Treat every outcome as information, not a verdict — adjust without judging.
   The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1
5. Study the gap between prediction and result with honesty
   Compare what you expected to what happened, and resist the urge to explain the gap away.
   Plan–Do–Study–Act: Deming’s Loop for Personal Improvement
6. Look for contribution, not blame
   Almost every conflict has contributions from both sides — finding yours changes the conversation.
   Looping for Understanding (Difficult Conversations)
7. Treating errors as data points
   After any failure, immediately extract the specific information the error revealed about the problem.
   Productive Failure: How Struggling First Makes Instruction More Effective
8. Know when errorless learning is the right call instead
   Errorful learning is most powerful for healthy adults learning semantic material; for some clinical and motor populations, errorless approaches are better supported.
   Errorful Learning: Why Making Mistakes Strengthens Memory
9. Correct blaming by adding accountability for self
   When blaming, add an honest account of your own contribution to the problem.
   The Satir Model
10. Look out the window for credit, in the mirror for blame
    When things go well, credit others; when things go wrong, look at yourself first.
    Level 5 Leadership: Humility and Will in Great Leaders

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