Tell them now
There is no good reason to save it. Say the thing while the person is standing in front of you.
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Everybody gets to run their own life
Nearly everything that goes wrong between people happens at the exact point where somebody decides they get to run somebody else’s life.
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The golden rule is for you, not for them
Treat people how you want to be treated. Everybody knows it. Almost everybody has the reason backwards.
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Just ask for the help
Two halves to this one, and most people are only good at one of them. Helping is the easy half.
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Be where your feet are
Not where your feet were. Not where they are going next week. Where they ARE, right now, actually touching the floor.
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Put your cart back
There is a version of this whole thing that starts with a shopping cart. Nobody is watching. That is exactly why it counts.
