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Smile And Agree — The Secret Way Of Dealing With Difficult People
When you smile and agree with them it takes all the wind out of any potential argument or insult they may have had.
Now, depending on the insult or how disrespectful they were you may need to remove them from the premises/remove them from your life, but that should not be done with any bad will since it’s that which they are looking for.
But when you smile, agree, and then, in a matter-of-fact tone, tell them to leave you are taking the far higher road.
Know that most of the people that target you with disrespect and rudeness do so because they think you are an easy target.
They need to put you down to feel better themselves, but have no real quarrel with you personally.
When you smile and agree with whatever they say it will soon get boring as they will not get what they want.
There will be some insults that will hit you harder, but when they do remember that it’s just words that you do not have to take seriously.
It’s on you whether you allow yourself to go into their playing court or whether you remain on yours, unaffected by what they say.
What works even better, and what is used by Psychologists a lot, is when you take their insults even further.
