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seven strategies that had always served me well: self-worth, focus, resilience, empathy, loyalty, forgiveness, and most important, optimism. Once I had my arsenal of positivity in place, I was determined to stay in my lane and draw on these strengths, no matter what kind of negativity and aggression came my way.

The loudest, brashest voices have become the fearmongers who are using their bully pulpits to convince others that it’s a mean world, and only those who are willing to respond in kind will win. We have seen a growing trend in our culture toward a way of thinking that not only tolerates but also promotes this kind of negative, mean-spirited behavior,