I used to be negative person. When someone said something positive, I would put a dampener on it and say something negative. On being told I was being negative, I would retort by saying I was just being realistic (cringe)….
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I am going to address the title of ” How to avoid being irritating” by not assuming what irritating is without first identifying what is irritating to me and then to set a strategy of opposite behavior. Here are two…
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There will be times where you are going to have to tell somebody that his/her behavior is very unacceptable to you. If you do not express your dislikes and annoyances, it only lets the person continue behaving in the distasteful…
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How do you fight for what you think is right? First, you’ll need to look through your personal view of the truth, and with your God given insight, you’ll need to see beyond the strife to a place where change…
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At some point in our lives, each and every one of us has been manipulated by someone who wants something from us. Many of us know the people who manipulate us intimately, they are family, loved ones, friends, co-workers, and…
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Before addressing the question of “how to tell someone their behavior is unacceptable to you”, I think that there are 2 other issues to address. Initially we must define “unacceptable behavior”. There are many behaviors that are commonly considered unacceptable,…
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Sometimes when a person disrespects you it is because you haven’t eared their respect yet. This happens in the work place as well as everywhere else. In the work place you couldn’t cut off contact with this person even if…
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Telling people their behvior is unacceptable to you can be hard, especially if you have put up with poor behavior for a long time. Most of us are nice people and the idea of instantly reacting to someone who is…
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“Take it easy!” is what we can learn from an easy-going personality. Easy-going personalities don’t worry too much about the problems. They compare life with zebra’s stripes: after black stripe comes white stripe, and after white stripe will come black…
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Telling a person their behavior is unacceptable can be difficult especially if you really don’t know that person very well. There definitely is a right way to tell a person their behavior is making you uncomfortable or annoyed. Expressing your…
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It’s a fact that if we communicate with negative people it can affect our happiness. How much it affects us will depend on whether we follow where we are being led, or we lead them in a new direction. What…
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Self-awareness is the single most important element in avoiding being an irritant to other people. Many people are locked in their own world, and have little idea of the effect that their character and behavior has on those around them….
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Adults often display bad behavior and the majority of the time it can be ignored. However, there are times when children may be present or their behavior is having a negative effect on many people. When this is the case…
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