http://www.seattlemoneycoach.com/one-tip-to-protect-against-time-usurpers Financial Recovery Coach and Author Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:30:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.seattlemoneycoach.com/one-tip-to-protect-against-time-usurpers/comment-page-1#comment-37 Elizabeth M. Johnson Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:40:16 +0000 http://www.womenearning.com/2008/03/01/one-tip-to-protect-against-time-usurpers/#comment-37 This is an issue for every woman! I work with many of my clients (non-service providers) on these very same issues. I teach them to ask themselves, "What's in it for me?" as a way to protect themselves against time-stealers, chronic people users and other folks who drain our energy instead of recharging it. If we can teach ourselves this kind of "simple" self-respect by setting personal boundaries like this, we are teaching other people how to treat and respect us. Those kind of lessons will always carry us far. This is an issue for every woman! I work with many of my clients (non-service providers) on these very same issues. I teach them to ask themselves, “What’s in it for me?” as a way to protect themselves against time-stealers, chronic people users and other folks who drain our energy instead of recharging it. If we can teach ourselves this kind of “simple” self-respect by setting personal boundaries like this, we are teaching other people how to treat and respect us. Those kind of lessons will always carry us far.

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