What do you do when you have a challenging person in your life?
How do you handle someone who tends to drive you crazy? I'm sure you know someone like this.
Think of the family member with an annoying habit, or the friend who just calls to unload their baggage onto you, the coworker who has doesn't follow through with an assigned task, you get the picture.
Our first instinct is to marginalize them…
…or keep them at an arm's distance. Because these people tend to hurt or annoy us, we want to avoid them.
However, have you ever stopped to think about why they are like this?
Perhaps, shifting your perspective on their behavior will change your approach to them.
In my experience, I've often seen that challenging people have an unmet core need-- and if you can work to let them know how valuable they are -- everything changes. I mean everything. This concept is simple yet powerful.
Often it's the elemental changes that lead to the most transformative results. Check out this short video where I explain this thought in more detail and the science that backs it up.
