Assume Miscommunication Not Malice

Some lessons from JerryWeinberg's BecomingaTechnicalLeader

• No matter how strange it may look, most people are actually trying to be helpful.
• Attempts to help are often misinterpreted as attempts to interfere.
• Wanting to help people may be a noble motive, but that doesn't make it any easier.

See also AssumeGoodFaith, HanlonsRazor, AssumeIgnoranceNotMalice