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　　to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my

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　　， I had a good excuse: A business meeting had

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　　and I'd wasted no time getting to the dinner.

　　When I arrived at the

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　　， I apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late. She screamed, “You never mean to.” Well, I

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　　tell she was angry. “I'm sorry but it was not

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　　，” I said. Then I told her about the business meeting.

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　　， my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive

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　　mad as well.

　　Several weeks later, when I

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　　the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, “You

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　　a classic mistake. You're stuck

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　　your own way of thinking. You didn't

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　　to be late. But that's not the point. What is

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　　in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor.” He pointed out that I focused on the intention

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　　Eleanor focused on the result. Thus,

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　　of us felt misunderstood and crazy.

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