What do you think is the solution for bullying in the workplace/school/online?

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I have always been bullied and therefore I have always quit. I have lost some excellent jobs like that working with some brilliant lovely people because I couldn’t find a diplomatic enough way to be me… tactfully. It is one of the deepest regrets in my life. I should be on the top of the world in my career right now and I am on the bottom rung.

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