Emotional Intelligence for Critical Thinkers
When you’re always “on,” it means you put on your game face in every interaction with others. It’s like being in customer service and having to smile at every single customer that walks in the door.
Do this all day and you’ll probably want to crawl inside your shell when you get home. In this episode, I talk about what this is like from celebrities to baristas to anyone that feels like they need to be “on” all the time.
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Forgiveness carries immense power. Some people carry the pain of unforgiveness their entire lives. The thought of letting someone get away with something, or admitting they’re over it, can override their desire to move on and be happy.
What is forgiveness, really? Is it telling someone else, “You were right, and I was wrong”? Is it showing another person that what they did was forgivable? Is it something else entirely?
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