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Radical Candor: Communication at Work

Radical Candor

Careers, Relationships, Society & Culture, Business

4.7 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Kim, Jason and Amy discuss how the fundamental attribution error makes us more likely to use personality attributes to explain someone else’s behavior rather than considering our own behavior or situational factors that were probably the real cause of the behavior. This is where the "not about personality" part of Radical Candor comes into play. Plus, Jason introduces us to the little evil translator inside his head that makes him hear feedback as: "You're terrible. You're completely incompetent. There's no possible way you're going to succeed. It's a miracle that you managed to tie your own shoes to the office this morning." Same? Listen and nod along.Read the show notes >> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Amy Sandler, host of the Radical Canter Podcast. And we are so excited for this week's episode. But before we jump in, we've got Jason Roseoff with a very cool update to share with you all.
0:13.2	As many of our intrepid listeners already know, Kim and I co-founded the company Radical Candor five years ago because we believe that radically candid communication is foundational for success at work and in everyday life.
0:25.1	Drum roll please and Radical Cander is thrilled to be a part of sessions by Masterclass
0:29.7	to bring this message to the millions of users who are already Masterclass members.
0:34.1	If you are not a Masterclass member, however, you can get 20% off a new membership
0:39.0	today when you sign up using the link, masterclass.com slash radical candor.
0:47.9	Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Radical Canter Podcast. I'm Kim Scott, co-founder of Radical
0:53.6	Cander and Author of Radical Cander and Just Work.
0:57.0	I'm Jason Roseoff, CEO, and co-founder of Radical Cander. And I'm Amy Sandler, your host for the Radical
1:02.8	Candor podcast. Hey, have you ever been cut off in traffic and said to yourself, that asshole? But also,
1:09.7	have you ever accidentally cut someone off in traffic because
1:12.5	you just didn't see them? Maybe they were cruising in that part of your mirror where you can't
1:18.0	actually see them, your blind spot. Are you, in fact, an asshole? No, you are not. Was the other
1:25.3	person? Perhaps they made anonymous mistake just like you did. Or maybe they're
1:31.0	rushing a sick child to the hospital, maybe something else. We don't know. This, what I'm talking
1:36.7	about, this is what we call the fundamental attribution error. It's a phrase coined by Lee Ross,
1:42.9	a social psychologist from Stanford, and the fundamental
1:46.9	attribution error is using perceived personality attributes to explain someone else's behavior,
1:55.3	rather than considering your own behavior and or the situational factors that were probably the real cause of the other
2:04.9	person's behavior. Kim, you wrote about it in radical candor and you wrote, quote,
2:10.8	it's a problem because one, it's generally inaccurate and two, it renders an otherwise solvable problem really hard to fix
2:21.1	since changing core personal attributes is so very difficult and time-consuming, end quote.
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