People who tell you how to act and who to be as if you’re an actor reading a movie script. They’re not the directors of your Life story.... Unless you let them. You will meet some people in life who derive their power from controlling others. Whether it was that 4th-grade teacher who always seemed to start a mental world war 3 over whether Jeffrey spilled his milk on the ground on Thursday. Or, maybe a parent, or a past friend of yours, or an old toxic boss or colleague who got on your nerves. It’s one thing to advise or recommend someone to do something, in a professional setting like your boss or a friendly manner like Hey Mark, here’s a typo in your article, or here’s another analogy or image that would go well here... There are other times where you: - never asked for their opinion. - don’t care about that person’s opinion. - their opinion isn’t about informing or educating, it’s about tearing you down politically in a way they have more power over you. Everyone faces this throughout their lifetime and time again. It seems like the bullies always come back, don’t they? Here are 3 main principles I’ve learned that have helped me. Read the rest of the show notes: https://markmetry.substack.com/p/how-to-handle-people-who-tell-you - Read or Listen to my book Screw Being Shy: https://bit.ly/2PqV2QI - Subscribe to my FREE Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eANWld - Apply for 1 on 1 Coaching: https://bit.ly/2Pslqd0 ~~~CONNECT w/ MARK~~~ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markmetry - Twitter: https://twitter.com/markymetry - Website: https://www.markmetry.com/ - Email: [email protected]