“The problem with holding a grudge is that it makes your hands too full to do anything useful.”

—Seth Godin, American author and a former dot-com business executive

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Where in your world are you holding a grudge? In what ways has it impacted your productivity and your most important relationships?

Did you know…

• Grudges consume cognitive resources diverting focus from work tasks that require concentration.
• Chronic resentment elevates stress levels and increases the risk of anxiety, depression and physical ailments like hypertension.
• Emotional exhaustion from grudges lowers resilience and impairs problem-solving and creativity.
• Grudge-holding often correlates with social withdrawal, hindering new relationships and deepening loneliness.

EXERCISE:

Letting go of grudges is an act of self-liberation. Acceptance, forgiveness, perspective shifts, and intentional boundary setting are some approaches to consider to free your hands for better things.