“You’re a man-hater," he said. I’m not. But I had to work with him...
I couldn’t change his mind, but I could change my response.
“Ohhhh… So you’re a man-hater,” he said.
Whoa… Whaaaa?!
Not so!
The accusation landed like a gut punch. I wanted to punch back.
But he and I had to work together.
Fortunately, my decades of therapy, coaching, meditation training, et cetera, rushed in to keep me from a triggered, career-compromising reaction. Instead, I was able to harness my anger (and di…