Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

TIP #04: BE KIND to your CRITICS …
Another great way to remember the Power of your innate Humility is to avoid explaining
yourself or justifying your actions. Instead of defending yourself when you are criticized,
simply pause, look your accuser in the eye, and apologize for inadvertently upsetting
them. By doing so, you aren’t admitting that you did something wrong or even that you
made a mistake … Instead, you are taking the conversation to a higher plane. Your
performance and the other’s negative assessment of the same become immediately
irrelevant. You are simply facing a person who is upset, expressing your Compassion for
their dis-ease, apologizing for unintentionally causing the same, and offering to help in
whatever way you can.
It is a proven Law of Nature that no animal persists in attacking the “hand that feeds”. So
have the humility to persevere in giving your “attackers” Kindness, and they will be forced
to either let go and return to Peace — or find a outlet for their frustration elsewhere.
“Humility does not mean you think less of yourself.
It means you think of yourself less.” ~ Ken Blanchard
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