Welcome, guys, and gals to the Man Talks podcast. This is Connor Beatton, the host and founder of Man Talks.

And on today's mini episode, we are going to talk about how to deal with the complainers.

Now, this is going to be a mini episode, but there is going to be a lot involved in this mini episode.

Mostly because complainers are rampant. Honestly, complainers are everywhere.

You know, they're in the work environment. Some of you might have heavy complainers in your

home. You might be married to or dating a complainer. You might be best friends with the

complainer, which was my circumstance in the past. And we are going to talk about

how to socially and properly deal with complainers, how to navigate them, how to understand

if somebody is a complainer versus, you know, just a pessimist, and how to actually

functionally and tactically manage those conversations. And, you know, even to the extreme side of things of how to actually functionally and tactically manage those conversations and, you know,

even to the extreme side of things of how to cut them out of your life if that's a necessary

thing to do. And obviously that sounds a little bit harsh in terms of cutting them out of your

life. But for some people, that is actually the action that is needed. And so why this is coming up is at the last event.

We just recently launched in New York City. And at the event, we had a great conversation.

A question came up around what is the biggest challenge that you're facing in your life right now?

And one of the people said, one of my best friends who I've been friends with for over a decade is just

so negative. It's such a complainer. And I feel like they are a drain on my life. They're a drain

on my relationship, on my health, my mental well-being. And as we got on to this topic,

a lot of the other people in the room identified as having people in their lives, whether it was

at work or in their family, who are just incessant complainers. And so, so let's dive into this.

Really, really quick, what is the difference between an optimist, pessimist, and a complainer?

Well, very simply put, the optimist sees a glass half full. We've all heard that analogy. The pessimist sees a glass

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