""Imagine each person in your life as a publicly traded security," Bosworth, who has been at Meta since 2006, wrote. "You're heavily invested in a few - your parents, your partner, your manager. You hold small positions in many others, like coworkers or acquaintances. And then there are people you have no stake in at all - strangers on the street, commenters online, passing critics.""
""When a guy on the street insults your shirt, it shouldn't register any more than a stock you don't own crashing," he said. "But most of us don't run our emotional portfolios so rationally." Bosworth said most of us grant others "emotional equity" in our lives that they haven't earned. Instead, he said, we should be putting emotional investments into relationships that actually deliver returns."
Imagine each person in your life as a publicly traded security. Heavily invest in a few core relationships such as parents, a partner, and a manager, and hold small positions in coworkers and acquaintances. Have no stake in strangers, online commenters, or passing critics. Influence over self-worth should be proportionate to the emotional investment placed in each person. Insults from strangers should register no more than a stock you do not own crashing. Do not grant emotional equity to people who have not earned it. Put emotional investments into relationships that deliver returns. Manage the emotional economy like any other portfolio: diversify wisely, invest intentionally, and remain calm during market dips.
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