10 Things You Need to Teach People About Yourself to Protect Your Peace and Assert Your Worth

You decide how the world interacts with you.

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Every day, in every interaction, you’re teaching people how to treat you, whether you realize it or noy.

You set the standard for how others behave toward you by what you tolerate, what you reinforce, and what you ignore.

If you don’t define who you are and what you stand for, people will decide for you—and often, in ways that diminish your worth.

Here are ten things you must teach people about yourself—lessons that will shape the way they see you, interact with you, and value you.

When Someone is Audacious with Their Disrespect, You Have the Right to Be Courageous with Your Boundaries

There’s a dangerous idea floating around that kindness is always the right response.

That if someone mistreats you, the noble thing to do is to “be the bigger person.” The truth is when someone is bold in their disrespect, you have every right to be bold in defending yourself.

Many people struggle with this because they’ve been conditioned to believe that setting boundaries makes them…