How to Win the Blame Game
5 Ways to Break Free from Blame Culture
You know that moment when something goes wrong and you immediately think: “Who screwed up?”
Your project fails. A relationship sours. Your team falls apart. And before you can even grasp what happened, you’re already building your case. You gather evidence, prepare your defense, and convict someone on the spot.
A fisherman is heading home at dusk when another boat hits him. He’s furious. He starts yelling until he sees no one is aboard the other boat. It’s empty. Now he’s even more upset. He has no one to blame.
Life is full of empty boats adrift. But in the moment, we don’t realize it. We just want someone to blame.
When your boss says you missed a deadline, when your colleague blames the broken system, when your team dropped the ball—you’re all doing the same thing. Looking for someone to blame.
Blame feels good. It’s easier to point fingers at others than to look at what we could have done better. Finding a scapegoat is tempting, but it doesn’t solve your …
