Protocol
Twenty-Four-Hour Rule for Hostile Communications
When you receive an email, call, or text you don't like, wait twenty-four hours before responding. During that designated period, do not focus on your dilemma, or you will fall back into ruminating on the issue.
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Creator's principle
Time can act as a disrupter: stepping away from a hostile communication for a designated period breaks the cycle of ruminating on the issue.
Creator's example
- Evy Poumpouras follows a twenty-four-hour rule when she receives an email, call, or text that she doesn't like.
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Your version
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Wait twenty-four hours before responding to an email, call, or text you don't like.
When you receive an email, call, or text you don't like, wait twenty-four hours before responding.
Recurring · on your cadenceDone when: Twenty-four hours have passed since you received the communication and you have not yet responded.
Scaling and safety
Don't
- ×When using Time as your disrupter, do not focus on your dilemma during the designated period, or you will fall back into ruminating on the issue.
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