62. How Can You Escape a Drama Triangle?
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Turns out that everything I've been doing is totally wrong. I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Stephen Dubner. And you're later listening to No Stupid Questions. Today on the show, how do you escape the destructive allure of a drama triangle?
Refrain from the following: blaming, criticizing, accusing, lecturing, scolding, monitoring, threatening, preaching, obsessing, overreacting, or under-reacting. Also, do awards actually improve performance? I feel appreciated. I don't know who the runner-up is, but you know, too bad for you. Angela, I recently came across something called the Drama Triangle, also known as the Karpman Triangle, since it was created by the psychiatrist Stephen Karpman.
Can you explain the Kartman Triangle and why it's worth knowing about? I find it more useful to refer to as the drama triangle because it is dramatic. And this is how I know about it, Stephen. It's not because I'm a psychologist, but because I run a little nonprofit called Character Lab, as you know. And when I was
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