Whether we’re friends, colleagues, employee/employer, lovers, or members of the same group, we have the opportunity to support each other’s growth or reinforce each other’s wrong thinking or behavior. We are all responsible to be self-aware, but we’re also responsible for confronting others when they are in denial or being needlessly mean or self-centered. Do we? In fact, how often do we go into agreement instead? When something important is at stake, such as love or a job, many of us tend to excuse and justify others’ behaviors to avoid some potential negative consequence. Maybe we don’t want
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