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Don’t Be Over-Reactive
Sometimes things do not go as planned. Sometimes bad things happen. When they do, don’t overreact to them.
Take Jim, for example. He would blow up, yelling and screaming at everyone, especially the person who brought him the bad news. He would go on for an hour. It made for an ugly work situation until he calmed down. Then he was fine. But that hour—wow!
Assignment
Identify people in your life or past who overreact to things. Do you like it when they do it? Do you avoid them? Do you overreact? Well then, take a look at Idea 71.
So what happened? People started avoiding the prospect of bringing him bad news. The result? Things festered and got worse.
If you overreact to things, especially bad news, people are going ...
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