5 Tiny Steps to Quit Being Such a Jerk (science, Article)

[Rin]

This was just posted on Zen Habits

In condensed form, the steps are this:
1) Admit you are not perfect
2) Place yourself in the shoes of others
3) Act with compassion and kindness
4) Practice
5) Make it your goal to do 5 kind things every day

What do people think? Do the majority of people really possess this inconsiderate streak? If they do, are these steps a good method for overcoming it? What else can we do to stop being such jerks?

For myself, at least, I have a tendency to get very annoyed with others. I think "He/she should not do things like..." However, I am very bad at taking those thoughts and reflecting them back on myself. I do have the power to defeat such actions by ensuring that I don't do them but more often than not, this bit of reflexive thinking is left unthought.

[Bouncing Ball]

This could only work if everybody would participate.
Else it will definatelly fail on number 2..

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