Help! I’m Friends / Enemies With The Wrong People At Work

Summary: <p>Either situation can be super hard and tricky.</p> <p>Who we associate with (inside and outside of work) will impact us as humans. Our attitude, our personality, our actions, our work, etc.</p> <p>Jim Rohn has the famous quote, "you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with"</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Friends with the wrong people:</strong></p> <ol> <li>Create some distance</li> <li>Start talking to some new people at work</li> <li>No thank you</li> <li>Rock those headphones</li> <li>Change up lunch habits</li> <li>Alone time</li> <li>Reserve a space to get out of a shared space for a couple hours</li> <li>If they aren't getting it, explain you have some big personal goals you're working towards and really want to put major focus on work</li> <li>Stay kind, cordial and nice<br> </li> </ol> <p><strong>Enemies with the wrong people:</strong></p> <ol> <li>Why? No reason, ok KAREN</li> <li>Do you need to apologies for something?</li> <li>Work hard, let your results shine and contribute</li> <li>Be kind and nice</li> <li>Invite that person to lunch or  coffee</li> <li>Ask the right people for advice, in a professional tactful way</li> <li>Time will squash most things</li> <li>Try their suggestions / ideas / thoughts</li> <li>Don't retaliate or react at all</li> <li>Do the right thing for your customers</li> <li>Ask them how they are doing<br> </li> </ol> <p><strong>Notes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Actions speak louder than words</li> <li>Be the bigger person / take the high road</li> <li>You are responsible for you</li> <li>Your reputation will be impacted on how you respond to someone's stuff</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>To support the show:</strong></p> <p><strong>Paypal:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://paypal.me/stephdennis13">paypal.me/stephdennis13</a></p> <p><strong>Anchor:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://anchor.fm/careertalk">https://anchor.fm/careertalk</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>For show notes go to:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://stephdennis13.com/category/careertalk/">http://stephdennis13.com/category/careertalk/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>To work together:</p> <p><a href="http://listentocareertalk.com/">listentocareertalk.com</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>For the Google Survey:</p> <p><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/PToleX38QgQ4EPaz1">https://goo.gl/forms/PToleX38QgQ4EPaz1</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>To connect:</strong></p> <p>Instagram:</p> <p>@stephdennis13</p> <p>@careertalkpodcast</p> <p>Facebook:</p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/stephdennis13">www.facebook.com/stephdennis13</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>We are written, produced, hosted and edited by Stephanie Dennis</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>You’re awesome!!</strong></p> <p><strong>Go be your amazing self today!!!</strong></p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/a1293a0/podcast/sponsor/acugkf/url/https%3A%2F%2Fanchor.fm%2Fapp">https://anchor.fm/app</a> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/careertalk/message