This is I'm your host Ryan Nidell and today's episode is listener requested how to deal with mean people.

So part of this podcasting world is the fact that I actually respond to every message that comes in every

email, every direct message on Facebook or Instagram, every comment. It's me.

It's Ryan. It's personal. There's nobody on the team that's responding to that.

And in these requests there's nobody on the team that's responding to that and in these requests

there's been some listeners that are going through different trials and tribulations in their

workplace that are either new to a job or new to the job force and want some strategic advice on how to deal with

assholes. Like I called it mean people for the title but call what it is there's just some jerks that are in the workplace and how to handle that.

And I feel like I could be an example on that because I used to be the mean guy.

Makes it pretty easy for me to talk about this one. From both

sides of this equation. So when I look at it from being new to a job and trying to

put my best foot forward and want to make sure that I'm friendly and courteous but also

feeling out the new lay in the land, the last thing I ever wanted to deal with was that jerk,

was the guy or girl that wasn't professional. You know, the one that sits in the corner makes

snide remarks or judges you in a meeting or is consistently giving you a hard time

giving you the wrong advice and every company that I've ever been a part of has at

least one of these people. And it's really crazy because you think about it,

we're all in the same boat

and we're all should be rowing in the same direction.

Our oars are all in the water

and we're rowing towards some destination

if you're part of a company.

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