A hate incident is any incident which is perceived by the victim or any other person as being motivated by prejudice or hatred for a particular person or group of people because they are seen as being different.
If you hit a big setback, it will hurt. This is normal. Take a moment to lick your wounds, commiserate with friends, then keep on marching.
Turn off your ‘phone in a job interview. You don’t want to be distracted and you want to let the interviewer know that you can focus on more important things.
If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow that person to be your friend?
However good or bad a situation is now, it will change. Sometimes, this includes how you feel about the situation.
What’s the worst that could happen if you do what you feel doubtful about? Is that something you can deal with? Then do it! Most of our worries are a waste of time.
Commit yourself to making lots of mistakes. Mistakes teach you important lessons. If you go ahead with your decision, either you succeed or you learn something.
Do you believe that if you don’t get it done exactly right the first time, you will fail and all efforts will be lost? Less than perfect is a perfect start – then build on it.
Plotting against someone means you are spending your time, thoughts and energy on someone you don’t like anyway. Spend those things instead on yourself and the people you do like.
If you’re trying to get through to someone, take time to understand how they like to be spoken to so that you can talk with them effectively, in their language.