We have all seen the t-shirt "Mean People Suck" and recently in my world there seems to be a rash of mean people! I thought it would be interesting to google "mean people" to see what was out there on the topic. I found numerous sites, but most of them were focused on how to handle mean people."Someone insults you (and your little dog, too). You can retaliate, whimper - or exercise your own vast power." Martha Beck
Why do people insist on being rude and mean and then look around and wonder why they have no friends and act like they are victims. In an article titled "Why People are Mean" by Martha Beck on http://www.oprah.com/ she states people are mean because they have been hurt and are afraid they will be hurt again. Although this doesn't excuse the behavior, it might mack us understand the situation a little better.
Here are three things you can do next time you find yourself in a situation with MEAN PEOPLE. http://www.howtohandlemeanpeoplewithoutstoopingtotheirmeantactics/.
- Kill them with kindness
- Act confident and unperturbed
- Avoidance when possible
4 comments:
Mean people might not know that they are mean. Sometimes they see the world from a different view than ours. Mean people have good friends, best friends and might think that you may be the mean one.
Mean people do suck. I think there are some very good hints in this blog. Acting confident and unperturbed may be the best method of dealing with mean people. However, this seems difficult as that person may truly bother you.
I think that every person has it in them to be nice. It is just a little more work to bring that quality out in mean people. We never know what trigger those people to be mean all of the time. So i think killing them with kindness is a great strategy and maybe someday they will realize being mean is not the way to be.
People act the way they do from their upbringing and it is no different from people who are mean. Some people may not know any different. But being around mean, negative people does suck.
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