If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Changing how you respond to others is presented as the most effective way to alter your social reality.
- In plain terms
- Change your behavior to change how people treat you.
- What can you take from it?
- Adjust your reactions to shift social dynamics.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you control outcomes by only changing your own behavior?
Another view
It assumes the other party will respond predictably.
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