Steven

So if I'm sat next to you at work, Evie, we're colleagues, and you come in in the morning and I go, oh, first time you've been on time. And then you do some work and I go, not bad considering your standard. And then you're in a meeting and you're talking and I just interrupt you and you submit a piece of work and I look at it and I turn my nose up.

And you hear me talking shit about you behind your back when people aren't there, me criticizing your work and how you are and your delivery. How are you going to deal with that situation?

And you hear me talking shit about you behind your back when people aren't there, me criticizing your work and how you are and your delivery. How are you going to deal with that situation?

Okay, so we're in a group. We're all on the calls in my call center.

Okay, so we're in a group. We're all on the calls in my call center.

Okay, fine. So this is what happens. This is not actually what happened in my life. Did you do this? No, no, no, no, no. Thank me. I didn't do anything. I just wanted the money. I was trying to just survive. I couldn't feed myself. So I wasn't going to open my mouth, but we're in a call center and I've disrespected you for a while now.

Okay, fine. So this is what happens. This is not actually what happened in my life. Did you do this? No, no, no, no, no. Thank me. I didn't do anything. I just wanted the money. I was trying to just survive. I couldn't feed myself. So I wasn't going to open my mouth, but we're in a call center and I've disrespected you for a while now.

And then I turned to you and I go, and you've just come off a call and I go, you know what? You should have, you could have done that better. You didn't close that properly, Evie. And I, you know, next time you do a call and you get stuck like that, just speak to me and I'll take the call off you. Just tell them that your colleague will handle it. And I carry on with my day.

And then I turned to you and I go, and you've just come off a call and I go, you know what? You should have, you could have done that better. You didn't close that properly, Evie. And I, you know, next time you do a call and you get stuck like that, just speak to me and I'll take the call off you. Just tell them that your colleague will handle it. And I carry on with my day.

What are you going to do in that moment?

What are you going to do in that moment?

I think part of it is also is I was very young and I didn't have the tools to address that situation. The problem is the situation made coming to work a misery. And this version of myself, irrespective of my financial situation, would have. And even today, because even today, okay, I have money, I have security, but I'm still playing at a certain level where there's disrespect potential. Yeah.

I think part of it is also is I was very young and I didn't have the tools to address that situation. The problem is the situation made coming to work a misery. And this version of myself, irrespective of my financial situation, would have. And even today, because even today, okay, I have money, I have security, but I'm still playing at a certain level where there's disrespect potential. Yeah.

I actually have a really good example that I could never share as someone that I work with who's extremely successful. We work on a particular project together and I found out that this was happening and they were basically threatened by me because for a variety of reasons, this is what I was told by an intermediary.

I actually have a really good example that I could never share as someone that I work with who's extremely successful. We work on a particular project together and I found out that this was happening and they were basically threatened by me because for a variety of reasons, this is what I was told by an intermediary.

And I chose a moment when I heard that they had just disrespected me within a short period of time. And I walked in in front of a group of people and I said to them, I said, I heard what you did out there in the hallway when I wasn't there. And in the future, if you want to say something to me, I'd really appreciate it. You said it to my face instead of behind my back.

And I chose a moment when I heard that they had just disrespected me within a short period of time. And I walked in in front of a group of people and I said to them, I said, I heard what you did out there in the hallway when I wasn't there. And in the future, if you want to say something to me, I'd really appreciate it. You said it to my face instead of behind my back.

And it's crazy what happened. It's crazy what happened. This really big, tough, powerful individual turned into a toddler in front of my eyes. Oh, what? No, I didn't say. And I left the room. And then it never happened again.

And it's crazy what happened. It's crazy what happened. This really big, tough, powerful individual turned into a toddler in front of my eyes. Oh, what? No, I didn't say. And I left the room. And then it never happened again.

Yeah, because on that project, I'm not the one that's got the power. I can still be fired from that particular project.