481 - Take Back The Power: Amy Morin on Toxic People, Setting Boundaries & Deciding What’s Worth Your Time

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Amy Morin is a psychotherapist and the author of the international bestseller, "13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do." She's seen firsthand how people change their lives. And coming on the show to help you take back the power in your own life. Just like she did. And just like her clients. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:12.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.2	Yeah, I used to have a boss who I was fine working for him when I didn't have to deal with him.
0:22.8	I would just do my job and then every now and then,
0:26.8	he would invite me to dinner and I would always, I couldn't even figure out why.
0:31.6	I always felt bad about myself after the dinner.
0:34.8	And so my technique for dealing with toxic people is to just simply cut them out of my life completely.
0:42.0	They're out.
0:43.2	You were a little more gentle in your seven ways to deal with toxic people.
0:46.4	I wonder if some of your ideas, by the way, this could be a boss, this could be a relationship,
0:50.8	this could be a friendship.
0:52.0	Some situations you have to deal with a person like a boss.
0:54.8	Some situations you can distance yourself like a friendship, but what are the ideas?
0:59.6	So you know one like if it's somebody lets say it's your mother-in-law who happens to be this person.
1:04.0	And then you think well if you were to cut your mother-in-law out of your life and cause relationship problems.
1:08.8	So you don't want to do that, but at the same time you don't want to have this person taking a toll on your life.
1:14.0	So then it's about saying okay, you can't set a physical boundary necessarily, but you set an emotional one.
1:18.8	So when we run into these toxic people sometimes we complain about them.
1:22.8	Right? You dread seeing them so you spend four hours dreading that you have to see them.
1:26.4	And then after you saw them you spend four more hours thinking you wish you hadn't seen them.
1:30.4	Are you describing your past four hours before arriving at this spot?
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