Episode notes
When it comes to explaining yourself, less is always more, especially when it comes to a bully or any of their lackeys.
Here’s why: First of all, explaining is weak. It gives power over to another.
Explaining isn’t all it’s cracked up to be: It’s showing you have integrity at the very last minute instead of when you could have done the right thing. Either you knew what was right and failed to do it, or you didn’t know what was right because your judgment is only good after the fact.
Not only is explaining weak, but feeling the need to explain is weak too. Tell me, why must you explain yourself to anybody? Do you answer to them? No, you don’t! And by doing so, you turn yourself into their inferior.
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