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Be the First to Offer the Olive Branch—or the Peace Pipe
Ever felt as though you were in a stalemate with someone with whom you’ve had a dust-up? It’s very likely she would like to put the situation behind her too. In most cases, people avoid each other after a wrangling because they are both afraid the other person will either do him more injury, or reject his overtures of apology.
Assignment
Do you have an olive branch that needs delivering in person? If so, make it happen this week.
Be the first to make the overture anyway. Yeah, yeah, the George Castanzas of the world will tell you this is a mistake, that you have “hand” and you should keep it. But we all know George was not known for his people skills.
So, dig out the olive branch—or ...
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