Don’t give people power over you
Do you know most successful, resilient, and mentally strong people have one thing in common and that is they don’t let others influence them? They don’t give other people too much power over their life.
You would have encountered situations where you act in a particular way around certain individuals just because you want to please them or when you kill hours or even days thinking about someone’s annoying or infuriating behavior, or when you tend to seek approval of others in a social setting. In all these situations, you tend to give the power to be satisfied, to be content, or to be happy, to someone else. In most situations, people whom you give power don’t even want or realize that you have handed over this power to them. But in reality, the power over these states of mind depends upon us; this power is our inner power and often we don’t tap into it.
When we let someone have a negative impact on our thoughts, feelings, or behavior, we give them power over us. We give them the driving seat on the journey of our life and we take the passenger seat, we let them take us wherever they want; we don’t bother to make a conscious effort to control our thoughts, feelings, or behavior. When we give others too much power over us, we let their criticism influence our well-being. And when we do so, our mental strength diminishes, which is vital to be our best version.
Signs you are too much influenced by others:
- You draw your self-worth from the approval of others
- You can’t say no in situations where it is very hard to say ‘yes’
- You apologize too much even when you are not blamed
- You care a lot about others’ judgment about you
- When your beliefs are influenced by the opinion of others
- When you get into embarrassments most often
- You don’t forget your past insults
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