The Platinum Rule: Treat others the way they want to be treated.
I’m not talking about the trap of being egotistical or arrogant. (Yes, do avoid those, too.) I’m talking about a very common human frailty that we all suffer from…one that hides quietly below the surface of our lives.
It’s something called the false-consensus effect. It’s a cognitive bias that we, as humans, are all limited by. It’s a form of automatic self-centric thinking where we assume that others share our beliefs, perspectives, values, motivations, etc.
Simply put: We tend to think that others think the way we do.