The document provides advice on how to properly handle verbal attacks, rumors, and coercion to choose between friends. It contrasts the wrong way of getting upset or angry versus the right way of staying calm. For verbal attacks, the right way is to let the bully know their insults don't bother you and respond with humor. For rumors, the right way is to not get upset and let others believe what they want. For choosing friends, the right way is to maintain your own friendships while understanding if others can't be friends due to differences.