“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” Mahatma Gandhi
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.” Eleanor Roosevelt
A very common problem that can drag your self-esteem down or build up so much anger that steam may start to come out of your ears is to take things too personally.
And so you may try to grow some thicker skin and let criticism, negativity or verbal attacks just wash off of you.
But that’s often easier said than done.
So in this week’s article I’d like to share 6 habits that really work for me – at least in most cases – and helps me to reduce the stress, anger and hurt in my life.
“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.”