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5 Steps to Avoid Attracting the wrong people
Shut the door
Relationships, Friends, or extended family if you are one of those who keep attracting the wrong kind of people over and over again consider following these 5 steps.
1. Let people earn your trust
The first trick of dishonest people is that they appear to be very pleasant. Always remember if someone is too good to be true than they are probably fake.
Most of us get hurt because we trust people easily and then they deceive us. So take your time and let others earn your trust. If you hasten in trusting people you let them in your secrets and give them a chance to hurt you.
Time gives you situations that you can analyze and hopefully, the wrong kind of people will never get to earn your trust, thus never become close to you.
“It was a mistake,” you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.
— David Levithan
2. Don’t let them walk all over you
Doing an occasional favor for someone will not hurt you. However, when you become a doormat, always the one to sacrifice and the one to clear the…
