Permission to be Powerful

Permission to be Powerful

Stop Teaching People to Treat You Like Dirt

Why People Walk All Over You—And How to Make It Stop for Good

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Tony V.
Feb 15, 2025
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Dear Permission to be Powerful Reader,

Here are the rules of engagement.

Don’t be nice to people who devalue you.

You don’t have to be kind or polite.

Someone who is devaluing you doesn’t deserve kindness.

That generally sorts the world into two categories:

Safe and unsafe people.

People who devalue you are unsafe.

You get a completely different experienc…

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