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Don't give others power over your life.
- When someone has a negative influence over any aspect of your life, you're giving them power over you - and that can hold you back.
- Instead, establish healthy boundaries with the people around you - and assume responsibility for your emotions, not theirs.
- Follow your values, and realize that you're always making choices - you should be doing things for you, and not to prove yourself to other people.
- Don't spend your time complaining or thinking about bad interactions.
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Any time you allow someone to have a negative influence over the way you think, feel, or behave, you give them power over you.
Sometimes it's subtle. Maybe you change the way you act around certain people because you want to please them, but it doesn't impact your life too much.
Or maybe it's major. Perhaps you allow a loved one's harsh criticism to take a serious toll on your well-being.
Either way, giving away your personal power drains you of the mental strength you need to be your best. Here are 10 ways to stop giving people power over you.