The awareness acquired from reading this article and practicing these skills will help you do your best work and enjoy your success. Why and how boundaries make a difference. Push back a little. Like two nations caught in a territory dispute, human boundaries are invisible and often violated.
Boundaries are limits that are always present, spoken or unspoken, honored or overstepped.
Now with fax technology and the Internet, the population explosion and jet travel we are literally one big, gnarly community. Probably because we re literally in each other s face, and it takes conscious effort to work out the healthy boundary thing. Also, the rules aren t as clear as in nature, where animals set boundaries by marking out their unique territory. In the workplace well, it s not quite so obvious. Get clear on your limits and strengths and powerfully express them both.