How to Manage Awkward Conversations with People Who Put Others Down
Because you prefer not to gossip and grumble
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5 min readJul 17, 2023
I hoist a virtual red flag when people put others down in conversations. They’re unhappy and imagine somebody other than themselves is to blame. I might have fallen silent when I was younger or joined in with their cries of woe (thinking I was helpful). Now wiser, I see the…