How To Deal With Annoying People

There is good news and bad news, the bad news is there always will be annoying people in this life, whether at work, at home or even socially. Now, it does depend on the situation, but the good news is there are always ways of dealing with them depending on the scenario. Socially is probably the easiest because you see somebody, you meet somebody you don't like because they are annoying, because the things they say or it's because they turn up with a facial expression.

You don't have to be friends with them, in fact, you don't have to be friends with everybody so you can walk away, you can leave them to be annoying elsewhere. Home is slightly different, but in theory, it should be easier than it is at work because you have a mandate, a ready to use platform, in fact, it is a necessity that you say something. If it's your partner or your family member or passing other has an annoying habit because of the things they say or the noises they make at night or the nutty habits like leaving dirty underwear where you least need them, like the freezer or the fridge – yes, it happens – obviously, not much in my house, then you say something.

At work, it's a slightly different matter and that's where you need to employ different techniques, because your pay check and your position, and your career are very much at stake, particularly if it's your boss or your colleague is very annoying, because they can have an effect on you and the people around you, so what you do is you listen to them. You try to understand what their reality is, why they are annoying, can be an insecurity, can be arrogant born out of an insecurity, the more you understand about that, the more you listen to them and try to work out what's going on, the more likely you are to be able to deal with it. So if they are being annoying, even a bit angry and arrogant and annoy you, whatever you do, do not react to it, never react to it, it's like pulling the plug on a grenade.

All hell will break lose and it will end in tears. What you have to do is fight fire with ice, keep very cool, very calm and hopefully at some point, they will realize that, actually, they look a bit silly, undignified, unprofessional and unlikeable, and yes, annoying, and hopefully they will change it. And if it be, you can move to the next stage and have them talk about it.

Dealing with annoying people at home, socially or at work can be a real challenge. This video will guide you with some basic techniques so you can overcome such problems.