And some people are self-absorbed, lack personal goals, associate with the wrong crowd in the wrong places, or constantly blame others for failing to get ahead in life, rather than taking the right steps to escape from this context.

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Think about the message you send others when you are slow to respond to requests, quick to complain or blame, or look to others to take the initiative to offer solutions.

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But I couldn't really blame him or others who are afraid to talk.

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Economists tend to blame others for being too lazy or too stupid to understand their textbooks.

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Others blame deluges of a more metaphorical kind: floods of capital from abroad or floods of lending at home.

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Although bitter, resentful and full of despair, they see others, often the former boss or supervisor, as the people who are to blame for their miserable existence.

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