How can I stop misreading how people are actually reacting to me?
You're probably more confident than you should be about what other people are thinking. Understanding another person's internal state accurately is a skill, not a personality trait, and it can be deliberately developed, but the research on how we usually try to do it explains why we get it wrong so often. This piece uses that research to build five practical ways to actually read people more accurately, rather than just more confidently.
















































