Cool it with the tit-for-tat. Keeping score encourages others to do the same. You’d do much better cultivating feelings of camaraderie.
There will be time to examine moral consequences later, but right now it’s about survival of the fittest. You need to play all the angles.
You do your part and expect others to do likewise, but today you come across the one bad apple in the bushel. Don’t try to polish it; toss it.
Lead the conversation where you want it to go, but don’t explain too much. People absorb more when forced to fill in the blanks themselves.
It’s natural to reach for the first peace offer when emerging from a tough time, but hold off. You should get more for your aggravation.
Don’t let a friend’s bad experience discourage you. What didn’t work for him may be the very thing that works for you.
