Get past it instead of getting even: “Revenge” isn’t “Winning”. Gandhi said: “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.
If you base your self-worth on how often people compliment and validate you, then you’re allowing others to decide how you feel about yourself.
You don’t need anyone’s approval. Just because someone isn’t happy with you doesn’t mean you’ve done something wrong. In many cases, it’s often that the person isn’t happy with themselves.
Being assertive is neither passive nor aggressive: you act and encourage others to be open and honest about their views, wishes and feelings, so that both parties act appropriately.
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Aggressive behaviour includes being loud and opinionated, dominating the conversation, often interrupting, and rarely listening. If they disagree with you, this is often done with sarcasm or a putdown.
Knowledge alone is not what creates high performance. Closing the gap between what we know and what we do will have far more impact on performance than any additional knowledge we might gain.
When you blame others, you give away your power to get something fixed – so instead involve people to create something greater than the problem you are trying to solve.
By responding passively, individuals are more inclined to portray themselves in a negative light or put themselves down and, as a result, may actually come to feel inferior to others.