Strategies For Not Taking It Personally
- Understand that it is not about you: Wanting respect and recognition is the handiwork of our ego, and what other people think, say or do has many other factors, apart from you.
- Give yourself some empathy: By speaking up and opening up with the other person in a polite way, one can clarify what one feels without any blame or accusation.
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