Deferring to Others

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Deferring to others is a challenge because it means putting our preferences on the back burner. But it's not big things we need to give up in deferring to others. Giving up our favourite seat, moving our schedule to accommodate their timing, eating at their choice spot, speaking about their interests and etc... Really not big stuff, but it's difficult for us to shelf those preferences.

The things about it is, the benefits in deferring to others far outweigh defaulting to your own preferences. In deferring to others we learn things we wouldn't have known, we experience things we never would have experienced and we become stronger as we practice putting ourselves second. Deferring also lets the other person know they're important.

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