I once worked for a manager with an explosive temper. One minute we were discussing metrics, the next — yelling, a slammed door and silence.   At first, I took it personally. But over time, I realized something powerful: 👉 Their emotions weren’t about me. It was about a thing that didn’t happen or did happen 👉I couldn’t control them. My response was the only thing I could control.   That’s when I learned the real meaning of...

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When Your Boss Has a Temper — and You Still Have to Stay Professional I once worked for a manager with an explosive temper. One minute we were discussing metrics, the next — yelling, a slammed door and silence.   At first, I took it personally. But over time, I realized something powerful: 👉 Their emotions weren’t about me. It was about a thing that didn’t happen or did happen 👉I couldn’t control them. My response was the only thing I...

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You have a decision to make and you are frozen.  It feels too high and it feels too far and what if you were to fail.  So you choose a different kind of failure.  The wait and see kind.  But it doesn’t feel safe.  Your muscles are tense and your mind is racing. So you stay in an unhappy limbo doing nothing for fear of doing anything.  You even come up with silly superstitious ideas that you will see a sign to let you know what you should do!...

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