Mike DomitrzPresident, Author, and Speaker on Respect, The Center for Respect, Inc. · Author & Speaker on Respect for Schools, Corporations, & the Military since 1990 (has reached

You choose how you interact with the world!

21 May 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief motivational talk, the speaker emphasizes that individuals have the power to choose how they engage with others, regardless of the environment they are placed in. Drawing from personal experience working with a wide range of groups—from middle school students to U.S. military personnel on ships—the speaker explains that while understanding the other person's world is essential, the choice of interaction style remains under one's control. This agency persists even in unhealthy or toxic settings, highlighting the importance of recognizing and exercising personal choice in all interpersonal contexts.

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What's that? In a dog-eat-dog world? All right, it's a good question. Who gets to choose your world? You do. You do. I get to choose how I engage with other human beings, no matter what world I'm set into. Some of you are going, what do you mean? Look, I'm set into some difficult situations in my line of work. I work with everything from middle school students in this country to US military on ships in the Persian Gulf. So I work with all different groups I get dropped into. I get to choose my world when I step into that space. Now I need to know their world to be able to understand it, but I get to choose how I engage, right? So I get options here. That's really important for us to understand. Even if I'm in an unhealthy, toxic environment, I get to make choices in that environment. And that's important for us to understand.