In issue 538 of One Daily Nugget, we featured Ellie Lisitsa’s discussion of criticism, the first — and most common — of John Gottman’s “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.”

In today’s nugget, published by The Gottman Institute, Lisitsa is back with a discussion of the second horseman, contempt.

As Lisitsa points out, contempt is the most destructive of the four horsemen, so it’s critical that you are familiar with its symptoms and its antidotes. Read on!