Blame Analysis to Decrease Blaming
Blaming appears to be innate and very basic to our nature. It seems counterintuitive to have to undergo blame analysis to determine who and what to blame. But it may tell us the correct way to blame and why we should blame others. The new book The Blame Game takes an in-depth look and delineates the why, who, what and how we each blame others to shift responsibility away from ourselves. Blame analysis reveals that blaming may occur to remove the focus from us as a defensive mechanism to avoid accountability and liability. Alternatively, it demonstrates that many types of blames are vindictive and delivered with intent to do harm to another. There are also more innocent, casual and reflexive types of blames which almost absentmindedly accuse something or someone of wrongdoing. Blame analysis, along with the new science of positive psychology, has determined that blaming is a prime determinant of negativity in our lives.
There are obviously some very legitimate reasons to find causal attribution: to improve safety mechanisms, to reduce system errors, and to deter morally or ethically inappropriate behavior. However, most cases of daily, mindless blaming hurt relationships, self-confidence, productivity and performance. With this in mind, a blame analysis should be performed with every blame you deliver. Blaming is harmful not just to the blamee – the target of blame – it is also detrimental to the blamer, and performing an analysis to look specifically at the reason behind the blaming will often decrease the incidence of blaming. After that is done we may find that we can often replace blaming with explaining, a much healthier technique associated with lower stress, better interpersonal relationships and improved satisfaction with life, marriage and business.
Learn more about blame analysis and decreasing blaming by reading The Blame Game today.
