Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash I feel like my older coworker doesn't take me seriously at all because of my age. They're always making passive-aggressive comments about my contributions, like "That's a good idea for someone your age," or, "I'm surprised you knew that". I want to ask them wh...

  Why is it that so many of us can't bring ourselves to give a direct report critical feedback, address a moment when a coworker disrespected us, or break up with someone who's a nice person - but also not right for us? We can twist ourselves into pretzels with all kinds of justifications for av...