My friend JP lost her job. She’s amazing at what she does, she deserves to be promoted, not fired. She brings everything she has to work, every day, and they were so lucky to have her. But these dolts, they fired her. Some people would take that as a slap, a cut deep into their soul, a message that they ought to back off, stop trying, and care less. JP did the opposite. First, she realized that they made a bad decision, not that she did a bad job (good call). And second, she quickly understood that if she let the resistance stand up and say, “I told you so,” she’d be giving in. Give in to the
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