Permission to be Powerful

Permission to be Powerful

Stop Tolerating Bullshit

Every Time You "Laugh It Off", You Pay for It Later

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Tony V.
Sep 08, 2025
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Dear Permission to be Powerful Reader,

When someone treats you like dirt…

Do you pretend you didn’t notice?

All people-pleasers do it.

You may even smile and laugh…

Like you’re some joke.

I used to live like that.

Looking back, I see a professional doormat.

With my father, my ex, my colleagues.

I told myself:
They made a mistake.
They didn’t mean it.
They’d do bett…

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