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The Problem With Complicated People
They are the opposite of straightforward people. They are very hesitant about the validity of their own desires and that is why they are not capable of letting the people around them know how they really feel.
- They appear to agree with everything you are saying, but later you will find out that they had a lot of doubts
- They will tell you they'll love to go to an event you suggested when in reality they just want to go home
- They feel overlooked but never raise a complaint
- They want to be understood but never speak.
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What Stops Us From Speaking Up
The root cause of our complicated behavior is not that we're bad people or manipulative. We're just afraid of how people would respond if our real intentions would be known.
- This fear can come from our childhood, if our caregivers gave us the impression that there wa...
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Straightforward People
When we're around straightforward people we know exactly what the issues are from the start. They know what they want and they are not afraid to state it:
- There is no need to guess and decode their intentions
- If they don't want to do something, they ...
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How To Be More Straightforward
- We should notice and learn about the origins of our behavior
- We can remind ourselves that our circumstances have changed: the dangers that gave birth to our complicated manner of expression are gone. People won't get upset if we tell them how we fe...
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