…and by that I mean stand up for yourself and don’t cower away.
If you flight people will usually run all over you. It’s not even that you have to “fight”, but hanging around and civilly defending your position will suffice in many cases.
Yes, there are times to flight, but it’s important to be a bit more alpha than beta in your life if you’re ever going to avoid being taken advantage of.
- Ask for the raise!
- Inform people of something negative if it’s leads to a better outcome even if bars
- Defend yourself if wrongly accused
- Also admit to being wrong if someone confronts you about a time you were wrong, don’t run away from the truth
The whole point is to achieve the appropriate solution, and in many cases I believe that the flight response hinders that process by avoiding healthy communication. Sticking around and handling a situation (fight) is usually much more beneficial than running away from (flight) your problems/issues.