Teaching through Emotions

Teaching through Emotions

Pushed Buttons

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Betsy Burris
Dec 23, 2021
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We all have ‘em. Buttons, that is. Psychic buttons.

And it’s inevitable that we’re going to run into someone who is

expert

at pushing them.

My buttons get pushed when people

  • talk endlessly about themselves

  • leave messes behind them

  • exclude others

  • tell me what to do

I know one of these (and many other) buttons has been pushed when I’m flooded with sudden, screamin…

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