Not Taking Things Personally?

 

YES dude, it's much easier than done WHEN we hear that age-old advice of NOT TAKING THINGS PERSONALLY.  I myself, I would remind myself that same reminders over and over again BUT admittedly, many times in the past, I did take things personally.  WHAT happened next?  You're 'spot on' with your guess.  I ended up much worse after TAKING THINGS PERSONALLY.  LIKE those moments WHEN I was like too onion-skinned, too sensitive with every single turn of events and if things DIDN'T turn my way, I would take things personally.  BUT you might ask, did my lot improve?  No sirrrrrs.  Ironically, 100% of the time, things turned from bad to worse most of the time.  That remaining 1 to 3%, things turned out the worst ever💚💛💜

HOW often did you feel isolated?  Most likely NOT so often BUT in those isolated instances WHERE you were like the square peg in a round hole, surely you were like questioning WHY were you in that predicament in the first place.  At the workforce, that's pretty normal WHEN you are new to the organization.  That's WHEN you need the support structure, starting with your immediate line manager.  Without that support structure, your situation is like positioning you to fail no less💥💥💥

So, WHAT's the fuss WHEN we take things personally?  The ramifications are quite serious to say the least.  An incident WHICH you could have easily shrugged off suddenly looks like that sword of damocles hanging from your very top.  HOW in the world can you survive with that threat hovering on you💥💥💥

Once OR twice, in one of my back-to-back flights, there I was queueing for onboarding and WHEN I finally found my seat [YES, often I would settle with coach tickets], the overhead bin was fully stacked with luggage after luggage all in place.  At least twice in the past I almost blew up my top [after hurdling the long queues right from the Check-in Counters and over to the stringent immigration procedures].  BUT the question, WHEN I did take things personally, did it improve my lot?  Absolutely NOT.  Instead, it did ruin my mood and more than that, suddenly, I felt all hell quite broke loose during those inconsequential incidents.  WHEN did I learn that I should NOT take things personally?  Seriously, I learned that long way back BUT the truth is, there were a handful of outliers WHEN I lost control of myself, all because of an unfortunate incident❌❌❌

Our takeaway:  Take it OR leave it, nothing beats better than NOT TAKING THINGS PERSONALLY.  Why?

• It saves you unnecessary emotional spikes
• It helps you divert priorities to what it's worth
• It reinforces your focus on what you need to do
• It improves your resilience in your daily lif
• It shields you from irritants NOT worth it
• It enhances your overall persona

YES dude, you DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY, if it's not worth it😡😡😡