The world changes slightly when you stop assuming everything is about you.

A great deal of what people do has nothing to do with you, though it arrives feeling personal. The short reply, the cancelled plan, the tone in a meeting are usually about their own day. Taking things personally is exhausting and it is also frequently inaccurate.

When something stings, generate one alternative explanation that does not involve you. Hold it alongside your first reading. You will be wrong less often and you will spend far less of your day recovering.