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The story follows Tom&#8217;s transformation while providing advice to the reader on how to change the way you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/be-considerate\/\">think about others<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading for a quick overview of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Get Out of the Box<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>People sometimes try unsuccessfully to address the discomfort of being stuck in the box by taking one or more of the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Changing other people<\/strong>: If you try to change others, you\u2019re likely to provoke the opposite of what you want. The person you need to change is yourself.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Trying to cope with or put up with others<\/strong>: When you do this, you\u2019re continuing to blame others\u2014you\u2019re still in your box and causing them to stay in theirs.<\/li><li><strong>Leaving<\/strong>: Often, when you just walk away from a situation where you\u2019re frustrated or ineffective, you take your box or distorted thinking with you rather than solving your problems.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-change-your-behavior\/\">Changing your behavior<\/a><\/strong>: This won\u2019t work if you\u2019re doing it to get someone else to do what you want. Your insincerity and focus on yourself will be apparent to others and they\u2019ll discount you.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting Out of the Box<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Arbinger Institute&#8217;s <em>Leadership and Self-Deception, <\/em><strong>the way to get out of the box, or escape your distorted thinking about others, is to see them as people rather than obstacles or threats<\/strong>. You need to see others as people with needs on a par with your own needs and stop resisting your sense of obligation to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As soon as you stop resisting and choose to respond to others\u2019 needs, you\u2019re being true to yourself. 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When you start seeing one relationship more clearly, you begin seeing others more clearly as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staying Out of the Box<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The more you stop resisting and instead respond to others\u2019 needs, the more you\u2019ll stay out of the box<\/strong>. This doesn\u2019t mean doing everything for everyone\u2014it means doing what you can. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-appreciate-people\/\">Appreciating others<\/a> and treating them considerately is liberating and frees up the energy required for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-self-justification\/\">self-justification<\/a>. 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