From the course: Working with Difficult People (2017)

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Negative people

Negative people

From the course: Working with Difficult People (2017)

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Negative people

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- I feel a bit sorry for negative people. It must be awful always noticing the bad parts of a situation rather than the good ones. Expecting the worse to happen, and even living in the bad parts of the past rather than the good ones. If you focus on the bad parts of life, then they are the ones you end up living in. It's obvious really. And it makes me wonder why they behave like this. I suppose they're either not aware of it or they believe it's just how they are and that they can't change. They were genetically born negative, and there's nothing they can do about it. Either that or they're subconsciously choosing to be negative because of payoffs they get from it. For example if you expect the worst you'll never be disappointed. And if you expect the worst and it happens then you're proved right. Also, you might get sympathy from other people, maybe. So given that all this might be going on in the head of the negative person, what would be a good way to handle them? Well, as always…

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