Dealing with the Bitter Personality
These people resent other people’s opinions, especially when it relates to how they perform their job. You may have heard this type of individual say something akin to, “Who the hell they think they are?” This person may feel that they do their task best. Get them to contribute and keep them involved without letting them control. They may then feel they are representing their knowledge and should be more cooperative.
About Baba Erinle
Baba Erinle, consort to Yemonja, the Orisa who fishes in Yemonja’s waters, is expert at matter of people and relationships. Baba would like to share some helpful advice in dealing with difficult personalities.
Not everyone is a difficult person to deal with all the time. But from time to time, we all run into situations where we found ourselves acting out of our normal personality. Inevitably we find ourselves saying something like, “I don’t know what it is about that person but they seem to bring out the worst in me.” Many times we find ourselves responding to a difficult personality by developing our own difficult persona as a countermeasure. In essence, we stoop to their level. Suddenly a quiet and tranquil setting can erupt into an argument that can lead to shouting matches and potentially physical fights. Here are some suggestions Baba Erinle has for dealing with some difficult personality types.
