The Grant Mitt Podcast

#179 Stop Being the Bigger Person: Start Standing Up For Yourself ASAP

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Show Notes

Episode #179 of The Grant Mitt Podcast — Stop Being the Bigger Person.

Being the bigger person is advice invented by manipulators so they'd never be held accountable. Every time you let it go or forgive without an apology, you teach the person who crossed you that there's no cost to crossing you.

In this episode:

Why "be the bigger person" is a control tactic, not a virtue

Never trust someone operating in survival mode

When to show strength, and who actually earns compassion

Why most leaders need to fire more people than they do

Handling perpetrators through distance, accountability and consequence

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