{"product_id":"how-to-work-with-difficult-vincenzo-venezia-9791281498891","title":"How to Work with Difficult People: Handle incompetence, dodge the drama, and stay sharp-with strategies that work, from intern to exec, before their n","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIf you stopped fixing things, half the place would collapse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Do you spend more time correcting other people's mistakes than doing your actual job?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Tired of being the one who holds it all together while everyone else makes it worse?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Do you bite your tongue, play it calm, and still end up cleaning the mess?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou're not burned out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou're just surrounded by people who make everything harder than it needs to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou stay calm. 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