A few months ago, I read Brene Brown's Rising Strong.  And if you have ever read anything she has written, you are probably not surprised to hear that there were many points which struck me or rang especially true.  One example was her narrative about her own epiphany as she wrestled (or rumbled to use her term) with a very simple, but extremely interesting question:  "do you think, in general, that people are doing the best they can?"  In her case, she had just had a rather unpleasant experience with a randomly assigned hotel roommate at a speaking engagement that had left some scars and a strong conviction that NO, no they are not.  After being surprised by the perspectives of a few others around her, she decided to use her platform as a sociologist to conduct interviews to determine patterns or themes in the perspective of others on the topic and her conclusions were fascinating.  Even prior to reading Brown's insight on the topic, I was aware of my need to increase my awareness of instances in which I use what psychologists refer to as the fundamental attribution error.  The fundamental attribution error is a fancy title for our