Eggshells

Walking on eggshells is not all it's cracked up to be. Find out how to keep the yolk off you in this mini podcast.

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Transcript

Eggshells

I can tell you from personal experience that walking on hot coals is easier than walking on eggshells.

Eggshell walking will drive you to drink, or worse.

Walking on eggshells is a great skill to have, but is only useful in small doses. When omelets are always the main course, Humpty Dumpty’s fall can easily be credited.

We're all involved in relationships – partners, spouses, children, parents, family members, friends, clients, and acquaintances. A relationship’s future can easily be predicted by the amount of eggshell walking that’s done.

If you always have to walk on eggshells around someone, it’s only a matter of time before that relationship ends.

There will be no surprise when someone who ends this type of relationship tells you their news because they’ll have egg all over their feet.

One of the best pieces of wisdom I came across many years ago was this: Teach people how to treat you. That means when something truly bothers you, address it early on, because if you wait, the yoke’s on you.

Withholding is a disservice we all do to ourselves. If it’s continued over time, it’ll cause us to crack up.

Just about everyone knows the quote, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” What they may not know is the lead-up sentence to that quote from the ancient Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu. It reads, “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

Eggshell may be the color that goes with everything when you paint a room, but as a way of life it keeps your emotions cooped up way too long.

If you’re already in that type of relationship, I feel sorry for you, but my sympathy won’t help. Even though the best advice is to address eggshell behavior when it first surfaces, you may have ignored that sage wisdom. It still may not be too late if you finally decide to address the chicken in the room.

Saying something as simple as, “When you say or do _______, I feel like I have to walk on eggshells to keep this relationship together.” That’ll begin to address the issue.

Others have to know you’re walking on eggshells around them in order for your eggshell walking to stop. Rather than talk exclusively about what they’re doing, it’s more personal and effective when you express how you feel about it.

If your relationship with someone is not all it’s cracked up to be, perhaps it’s time to stop walking on eggshells.

It’ll save you from a lifetime of playing chicken.

All the best,

John