Hi, I'm Sarah Ellis and I'm Helen Tupper and you're listening to the Squiggly Careers podcast

where every week we talk to you about a different topic to do with work and discuss practical

ideas and actions to help you find your way through our increasingly squiggly world of work

and this week we're talking about dealing with difficult people something that I'm sure everyone can relate to, have experienced at some point in their career.

And so hopefully something for everyone in this week's episode.

And I have to say that Sarah went out on Instagram to ask our communities.

Don't tell everyone this.

I'm going to tell everyone.

I don't mind.

So Sarah went out on Instagram to ask people for their advice dealing with difficult people.

But the way she phrased it, it was a really good idea.

It is a great idea.

And we're going to share 10 pieces of wisdom that has come from our community as a result of that.

But the way Sarah froze it, it said she like did this post on

Instagram that was said something like, can you share your advice with me for dealing with difficult

people? And then she put a picture of a stress level on and then the word, ah, and then we had all

these people who messaged us with basically like, Sarah, are you all right? Do you need some help

and support? They probably thought like you had a problem

with me and it was like I need to work out how to work with Helen. In hindsight I was so proud

that I had worked out how to ask a question on stories for people who follow us on Instagram where

we're at Amazing If you probably realise relatively quickly that Helen is the brains behind

the majority of our social media. I don't know if it's brains. I just make it happen.

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