Setting healthy personal boundaries in relationships is one thing – and coping with people’s responses to your boundaries is another! Here are five ways to protect yourself when you’re criticized by friends, family, and coworkers who don’t respect your boundaries. These tips are based on inspiration from Marie Osmond (who, as a child superstar and busy mother [...]
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The life lesson: knowing how to make mistakes and move on will make you healthier, happier, and more successful (no more feelings of guilt and shame!). The successful woman: Brenda Ueland — a prolific writer, strong woman in history, and all-round self-confident dame. We women are “too ready not to stand by what we have said or done,” says Ueland. [...] The life lesson: the most successful women in history are the ones who failed the most. The successful woman: JK Rowling! These five ways to build resiliency are inspired by Rowling’s Commencement Address at Harvard, called “The Fringe Benefits of Failure.” First, my favorite quotation about failure from Samuel Beckett: “Ever tried, ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” To [...] The life lesson: strong women in history – women who aren’t well-behaved – succeed despite criticism! The successful woman: Amelia Earhart, who wasn’t afraid of failure or people who didn’t always agree with what she was doing. Here’s what she said when asked about the danger of flying: “I am quite aware of the hazards,” said Earhart. [...] |
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