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I've got a difficult person in my professional life. No, it's not you. But, for a long time, I was stressed out every time I had to work with this person. I'd feel nervous before our conversations and ...

We have all met people who are so prickly and difficult that no one wants to handle them. But it has taken these contentious times to make this a common occurrence. Divisiveness makes normal ...

Dealing with difficult people may speed up the aging process. According to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences on Feb. 18, researchers found that hasslers, defined as ...

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People who make your life more difficult may be aging you faster, according to recent research. In the study, published last month in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found ...

One of life’s frustrations is having to deal with difficult people. Everyone has to interact with them. There is no escaping these troublesome individuals. You can encounter them in virtually any ...