Micromanaging someone is inefficient with time, since there are two people doing the same task: one standing around telling the other exactly what to do, the other blindly following orders and not really learning or understanding , or needing to understand, the complexity of the task and how they should go about it in a way that makes sense to them.
There are three aspects of forgiveness: forgiving ourselves, being forgiven and forgiving others. Forgiveness resolves the past so you can live happily in the present.
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Micromanaging someone – managing their every thought and move – denies them of the opportunity to learn from the experience themselves and become self-sufficient at the task.
Your personal space is like an invisible bubble that surrounds you. If people move inside this bubble when they are talking to you, it may make you feel uncomfortable. The better you know the person you’re talking to, the smaller the bubble may be.
Knowing someone else’s personal motivation for wanting to do something allows you to work towards a win-win situation if you can match it to yours.
Criticising people doesn’t have the effect you may think it does. Over time, you may have noticed that most of the people whose faults you have gone to such trouble to correct have improved much less than you would have expected. Being less critical and focusing on what has gone ‘right’ is far more effective in getting people to improve what they are doing.
Your house rules may sound strict and unfair, but your parents have probably made those rules to help you, or for a good reason. If you feel like they are unfair, ask them to sit down with you to talk about the rules to help you understand them and the reason for them.
Someone may respond to you in a negative way you didn’t expect. Understand that the response may not have been caused by you, so instead of taking it personally, show understanding and compassion for their situation and see how you can help.
People may forget what you said, and they may forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel.