Sometimes it does feel like the whole world is out to get you.
Negative things pile up and you just don’t seem you can find the additional energy to fight back.
Then, don’t fight back.
Let it be, soon something positive will start showing up in your life. Even better, move the target, be the one to put good into the world, and immediately the negative streak will dissolve.
It’s never so bad that you can’t do some good.
Somebody complimenting someone else is not taking anything away from you.
There’s enough goodwill in the world for everyone, it’s not a finite resource.
Somebody complimenting someone else is additive and should not be bothering you.
When you are tired of an exchange – with a colleague, your partner, a friend, your kid – it’s ok to be the one stopping it.
We always want to win, but sometimes, oftentimes, sending the ball back to the opposite side of the court is just not worth it. Grab the ball, say that you are sorry, and move on.
Almost nothing in life is a battle with winners and losers. Renouncing is a viable option.
A big chunk of every job is managing expectations.
Of course, we want to say yes to everything. We want all the new customers and partners. We want to be perceived as competent, fast, and infallible. We want others to think that we do our work with ease even though our work is complex and uncertain. We want to project an aura of competence and confidence in any situation.
But if we do not manage expectations realistically, we will soon drown and take all those around us – colleagues, friends, family – with us.
The price is just too high.
It’s not imperative that you are involved in everything.
It’s not imperative that you understand everything.
It’s not imperative that you check everything.
It’s not imperative that you fix everything.
It’s not imperative that you control everything.
It’s not imperative that you point out the flaws and defects in everything.
It’s not imperative that you vet everything before it gets out.
Once you understand this, you will be surprised by how things still happen, with good results, without you being there to take credit.
It’s empowering.
It’s liberating.
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