Controllers are often perfectionists with anxiety issues.

They have to have it their way.

The truth about control freaks is that in a sense we all have control issues.  Who doesn’t want to get their way as often as possible?

When living with a strong personality who pushes and bullies their will onto you, the answer is often as simple as this.

Picture yourself carrying a deck of cards and one of them has NO written on it.

Play the NO card every time someone tries to will their way onto you.

When they try again and again (and they probably will), say NO again and again.

No control freak can have their way with us unless we allow it and one of the most effective ways to neutralize them is to play the NO card.

Then for the control freak in all of us remember that the best way to gain control is to give up control.

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