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Jul 2016
1h 15m

When people don't like you - Is it time ...

PAUL COLAIANNI
About this episode
Not everyone is going to like what you bring to the table. Sometimes people have high expectations of you and you don't deliver causing them to have a critical view of you. Is this your fault or the fault of the person who set up expectations that you couldn't meet? I read a critical review of The Overwhelmed Brain and talk about that very thing today. They' ... Show More
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