Affirmation of the Week: I Will Not Take Someone Else’s Bad Mood Personally

Most professionals work with people who have strong personalities. They have good days and bad days just like we do. And every once in a while, we encounter them on a bad day. We are all grown adults but we have a part of us that hates to be yelled at and wants to be respected and liked. When that part of us is threatened by an uncharacteristic snap from a co-worker, supervisor or adversary, that can really sour our sense of stability at work. Don’t take someone’s bad mood personally and don’t let it derail a good day. Remind yourself that your self-worth cannot be shaken by someone else’s bad mood. And that bad mood has everything to do with that person and nothing to do with you.