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When Is It Wrong to be Right?

If you’re reasonably smart, and a critical thinker, you can win every argument.  I once went ten years without ever losing an argument.  And my ex’s can all testify to that.  What might have something to do with why they’re ex’s…

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Dealing with Negative People

Last post we talked about habits, and which ones you may want to change, in order to change who you are.  We also acknowledged that our habits come from the thoughts we give precedence to.

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The Last Word

For years I prided myself on the ability to win any argument.  I always got the last word and always smothered the other party with blanket evidence I was right.   Took a long time to learn that by controlling my tongue, I gained possession of my mind.

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Telling the Truth

The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

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Letting Go of a Negative Person

So let’s suppose you have someone negative in your life.  Every time you’re around them, they gossip, talk negatively and bring you down.  

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Loving People Where They Are on the Journey

So this week we’ve been talking about when to exclude the people in our lives and when we cross the line and become judgmental.  Well I got a fascinating message on Facebook in that regard yesterday…

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Judging Other People

So in yesterday’s post we discussed letting go of negative people and introduced the question of when do you go too far, become judgmental, and isolate yourself from the world.  Now that’s a fascinating question.  And one that may cause us to question the premise…

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Getting Your Needs Met

When I was doing my coaching program, I said in a lesson, “But I do think you have a responsibility for yourself to set standards to ensure your needs are being met, and the relationship is healthy for you.”  That drew a protest from Dr. Ellyn Bader.

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Screening Your Relationships

“You’ve got to be kidding? The first thing that comes to my mind when I read this is, ‘If I were single I’d make sure I didn’t fall in love with someone like this!’

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Being a Victim in Bad Relationships

Last week we looked at ways we may feed our victim mentality by staying sick or broke.  Do you think you could do the same thing to threaten a healthy relationship?   Or prevent you from ever getting one?  

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