When you let it get personal, the cost becomes personal too. You’re opening your own heart here. You sure you want to do that?

~ Michael Marshall Smith

Michael Marshall Smith Heart Objectivity Taking Things Personally

When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Shannon L. Alder Accepting Personalities Authentic Self Being Free Communication Confidence Ego Egotistical Everything Is Not About You Family Freedom Friends Gossip Growing Up Guessing Internalizing Letting People In Listening Low Self Esteem Members Narcissism Not Caring Opening Up Overthinking Paranoia Personalizing Reading Between The Lines Reading In To Everything Seeing Self Directed Self Esteem Settings Siblings Social Circles Speculation Taking Things Personally Target Understanding Victomization Winning Wisdom

When someone is cruel, harsh, mean, to not take their words personally is one thing, but to hear the silent cry within those words is another. This sort of perspective can not only liberate us from crippling self-doubt in the face of criticism, it can also liberate us from automatically becoming blind participants in the interaction patterns that the cruel person has become accustomed to—a favour we do for the other person as much as for ourselves.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

Vironika Tugaleva Blindness Bullying Compassion Criticism Empathy Kindness Liberation Patterns Perspective Self Awareness Self Care Self Doubt Suffering Taking Things Personally Understanding

You can never take anything personally. Just a story. It’s not their fault they want to kick you and it’s certainly not yours. It’s just the way things are. Sometimes you need to hear the worst, so you have no fear in what you do and learn to work around the what-have-you.

~ Initially No

Initially No Advice Fault Hearing The Worst Kind Learning Curve Taking Things Personally Working Around