不在背後議論別人，是最頂級的修養
http://www.thevalue101.com/article.php?id=57906 你有沒有這樣的經歷： 有些人平時對你不冷不熱，一提到別人的私生活就侃侃而談，剎不住話匣子； 上一秒，剛跟你聊了別人的隱私，洩了憤，下一秒就拿你的隱私去拉近跟另一個人的距離…… 結果，往往好事不出門，壞事傳千里。 你的心事一不小心成了眾人皆知的秘密，又憑添一樁煩心事。 三人成虎，眾口鑠金。 而背後不議論別人，是對別人最大程度的尊重，是做人最好的修養。
原來弱的時候，壞人真的很多
http://www.thevalue101.com/article.php?id=57904 電視劇《三十而已》中，一向精明能幹的顧佳被騙了。 顧佳不顧丈夫和老爸的勸阻，抵押了房產，湊齊了150萬的首付，盤下了李太太的茶廠。 原本以為可以一本萬利，結果茶廠轉讓合同簽完了，她才發現茶廠一直都處於虧損的狀態，甚至還有官司纏身。 看到這，顧佳徹底懵了。 那個曾經手撕“綠茶”、簽下了訂單、打得了家委會主任的“女超人”，被騙了。 所以顧佳怒氣沖沖地跑去質問李太太時，李太太說了一句很客觀，卻很侮辱人的話： “我們這個圈子，是阿貓阿狗都可以混進來的嗎？你算個什麼東西？”
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