We don’t do our friends, colleagues and loved ones a favor by coddling their smallest impulses, enabling repeated behavior that’s dumb or annoying, or letting silence foment mystery and misunderstanding.
Source: AXIOS, August 18, 2025. Link.
Assume positive intent…often they didn’t intend it the way you thought . . . BUT TELL THEM!”
INSIGHTS: TELL THEM because mind-reading is not part of most people’s toolbox.