73: Passive Aggressive Behavior & How to Combat It
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Passive-aggressive behavior is one of the tools that manipulators use. When you know how to shut it down, the manipulator’s tactics are rendered useless.
This episode kicks off a series on “opposer strategies’ these are strategies that combative, people use when communicating. Bullies use these manipulative strategies, people who want to control and manipulate use these opposer strategies and dysfunctional people use these strategies.
Dysfunctional people often use passive-aggressive behavior unconsciously. 89% of people were raised in what is considered a dysfunction home. Which means even if you were not, you work with, live with and will be around someone who is considered dysfunctional in some way.
So arm yourself with these three simple tools to combat passive-aggressive behavior.
What you’ll hear in this podcast:
- The three most effective tools you can employ
- What is a ‘opposer strategy’
- How Fear & Anger play into passive-aggressive behavior
- Knowledge is Power
- How personal development plays in
- How the use of appropriate humor can help
- Why naming the behavior is difficult
- How questions factor in
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Resources:
10 Tips for Dealing with Conflict
Difficult Happens; How Triggers Boundaries & Emotions Impact You Every Day
Difficult Happens Podcast Page
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