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Conflict resolution
Motivating and inspiring others
Delegation
Check your own tendencies
- Sleep deprivation can turn you into your worst version.
- If you're tired and in a hurry, you are more likely to misbehave.
- If you have an excess of power in a situation, you're at risk.
Be self-aware and honest about yourself. Rely on people around you to tell you when you're out of line. Listen to them.
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Dealing with your peers
Your chances of getting rid of assholes that are colleagues or peers are higher. A simple strategy is to freeze them out. Don't invite them to events or gatherings. Shun them politely and smile if necessary, but otherwise, just ignore them.
Sometimes you have to speak to them in a language ...
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How to deal with rude people
- If the person is unaware that they act like a jerk, have a backstage conversation and gently inform them that they've crossed a line.
- If someone is treating you like dirt because they believe that's how to get ahead, get out of there.
- If you are stuck in your situation, bu...
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Consequences
Mean-spirited people need someone in their life to tell them they're contemptible.
In the very short-term, it might seem to your advantage to let someone feel like dirt. However, in most situations, we actually need collaboration and should be givers rather than takers. By being an asshole,...
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Take responsibility
Some people are so thin-skinned that they think everyone is offending them when it's nothing personal. Other people are objectively treated like dirt everywhere because they're doing something to prompt that punishment.
We've got to take responsibility.
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Cognitive Reappraisal
The goal of cognitive reappraisal is not to turn off your negative thoughts. It is to take a step back and ground your thoughts in reality.
- Recognize when you're busy with a negative path and stop yourself.
- Write down your thoughts and identify what specifically t...
Interrupting The Stress Cycle
We need to intercept the communication we do with ourselves and listen with an awareness of what we tell ourselves about a crisis situation.
If we are able to address this problem with awareness and interrupt the stress-response cycle, then we are free of the reactive ‘fight or fl...
Get Your Emotions in Check
- Practice mind control and master it! Get rid of bad thoughts; they will just constantly remind you badly of yourself. Instead, use that flaw as an inspiration to train yourself and get better at anything.
- Pull the trigger by turning that sting into a positi...
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