Playing one person off another is a shell game that you sometimes do without meaning to. Switch from exclusive to inclusive and you’ll accomplish more.
Monthly Archives: February 2025

Watch it with the philosophizing. Don’t let speculative words said in passing paint a dreary landscape of existential futility.

You don’t like last minute changes, but let this one come in under the wire because it benefits you enormously.

Reason prevails when that compromise you come up with prevents a fight and helps people to save face. Proof positive of your emotional intelligence at work.

A caustic remark cuts you to the quick, but resist the urge to respond in kind. Lowering yourself to this person’s level only undermines you.

Fear of rejection runs on both sides. If you want someone to be sensitive to how you feel, then extend the same courtesy.