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Why Most Advice About Dealing with People Doesn’t Work - and What I Focus on Instead For years, I did what everyone does when they struggle with people: I consumed advice. Books. Podcasts. Articles. Frameworks with neat acronyms. Lists of “things emotionally intelligent people never do”. Scripts for difficult conversations. Techniques for influence, persuasion, boundaries, confidence, empathy, assertiveness, charisma - you name it. I tried them earnestly. I applied them carefully. And, more often than not, they failed. Not always dramatically. More subtly. Conversations still went sideways. Relationships still drained energy. People still misunderstood me, resisted me, or reacted in ways that advice promised they wouldn’t -  if only I said the right thing the right way . After sorting through hundreds of failed attempts - my own and other people’s - I eventually accepted an uncomfortable truth: Most advice about dealing with people doesn’t fail because it’s wrong. It fai...

Surviving the Workplace Jungle: Dealing with Uncooperative Coworkers Ah, the workplace—a thrilling jungle of personalities, coffee-fuelled drama, and passive-aggressive email chains. If you’ve worked anywhere for longer than five minutes, you’ve probably encountered that coworker. You know the one: the expert at dodging responsibility, the human incarnation of ‘not my problem,’ or the person whose entire work strategy revolves around sighing dramatically until someone else does their job. But fear not! Just because your office is teeming with these delightful characters doesn’t mean your productivity (or sanity) has to suffer. Let’s navigate the treacherous waters of uncooperative coworkers together—with a touch of humour, a dash of patience, and possibly a well-timed biscuit bribe. 1. The Procrastinating Phantom This coworker has mastered the art of disappearing when work is afoot. Assign them a task, and suddenly they’re conveniently on a break, in a meeting, or deeply engaged in a...