Misunderstandings, like differences of opinion, are valuable reminders that others are not like us, or even remotely like us. Because we only really know ourselves, it’s a natural tendency to have a solipsistic view of the world. We incorrectly assume other people’s logic and motivations resemble our own.
This is one of the reasons I find behavioral assessments so valuable: they clearly mark out ways I am motivated and behave differently than others.
