| Introduction
I have read that, it is not the person who is difficult it is the situation. During a career that has seen me as a teacher, a Government manager and now a trainer and life coach, I disagree. Whilst I accept that we can all find ourselves in situations where we react inappropriately, perform badly or somehow disappoint, I am of the mind that, no matter what, some individuals are of themselves difficult to work with.
That said, because we spend a good deal of our time at work, I believe in doing my utmost to make the best and the most of it. For me this means that I am clear about what I want from work. I’ve never been a ‘jobs-worth’ person, so it matters what I get from the work itself and from the people I interact with.
I consider that I am very self-aware and so I think about my behavior, its impact on me and the people on the receiving end of ‘me being me’ as it were. Gaining true self-awareness is not an overnight thing. It has a lot to do with how open you are to feedback, the life experiences from which you have grown and developed and how honest you are with yourself.
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