get it

[unpakwon]

Please set me clear on the following in red.

It's easy to blame interaction problems on others. After all, you're the good guy in these dynamics; why don't they get it? One of the most difficult challenges for aspiring leaders is to "own their stuff"---to acknowledge that they are equally responsible for relationship shortcomings.

I have understood the above as saying "I'm the good guy in these interactions (relations). The problem is that they don't understand me or my intention. I don't know why they don't understand me." Is this correct?

Thank you.

[bhaisahab]

Please set me clear on the following in red.

It's easy to blame interaction problems on others. After all, you're the good guy in these dynamics; why don't they get it? One of the most difficult challenges for aspiring leaders is to "own their stuff"---to acknowledge that they are equally responsible for relationship shortcomings.

I have understood the above as saying "I'm the good guy in these interactions (relations). The problem is that they don't understand me or my intention. I don't know why they don't understand me." Is this correct?

Thank you.

Yes, here "why don't they get it" means "why don't they understand".

[BobK]

And in the last few years 'not getting it' has become extended to mean 'failing to understand the whole range of issues regarded as important by People Like Us' - as in 'Bush - he just didn't get it did he?'

But in this case the meaning is just 'why don't they understand?'

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