DO TALK:

• Do tap on your brakes when your emotions are running hot.

• Do release yourself from the prison of perfectionism.

• Do listen more than you pontificate or lecture.

• Do hear negative feedback that resolves pesky problems which haunt you.

• Do escort the elephant in the room outside your front door.

• Do respond authentically to others instead of using “knee-jerk-me-jerk” reactions.

• Do pull out the tree from your own eye before you point out the toothpick in the other guy’s eye.

• Do nurture yourself and reach out to others to “depressurize” when you’re stressed out.

• Do use your character values (honesty, integrity, respect) as your compass when speeding along, lost in a fog of emotion.

• Do take the cotton out of your ears, especially if you are prone to trying too hard to be right, just to save face.

• Do make every effort to change and grow on a daily basis.

• Do have the first action, instead of having the last word.

• Do be a validator, instead of a villain.

• Do remember that God gave us one mouth and two ears for a very good reason!

• Do follow good communication driving rules, especially when you don’t want to.

• Do slow down when your emotions are hot.

Dennis E. O’Grady, Psy.D.
http://www.drogrady.com
(937) 428-0724