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So how about we start off by kind of breaking down what makes these conversations and these people so

difficult to deal with? What are the barriers that we're dealing with here?

Sure. So the first thing we do when we talk about a difficult person is the first thing I like

to point out to people, and this is the first point of resistance,

if we will, right? Kwamei, the first point where they're like, wait a minute, what is she talking

about? People say they're difficult. People will say, I work for someone who's really rude. I work

with someone who's really disrespectful. I work with someone who's really negative. I work with someone

who's always the victim. I work with someone who's a know

at all, right? These are the kinds of things that people present as difficult behaviors. And the first

thing we have to recognize is that what's really happening is I'm witnessing a behavior in you. So maybe

you cross your arms in a meeting and you roll your eyes or maybe you interrupt me or maybe you talk

about your previous success or maybe you tell me my work isn't good enough and you say those words

hey you i'm andrew seaman do you want a job? Or do you want to move forward in your career?

Well, you should listen to my weekly show called Get Hired with Andrew Seaman. We talk about it all.

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