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41-50,
anonymous
writes:Asked this yesterday and no one understood my question.Please help me today. Thankyou.What’s the best way to work with a type A, younger,super confident and outgoing person?, when you are quieter, older, and type B?In a work situation.. at work.You are both equals.. no bad “vibes” or hate but they are so so over confident and loud and liked, or they think so..I fade into the background compared to them,which is fine but need tips to work with them as they think they know it all..no one knows it all!
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reader, Youcannotbeserious  + ♥, writes (8 February 2018):
 They are young. OF COURSE they know it all! Didn't YOU know a lot more when you were younger? I remember knowing EVERYTHING when I was a teenager. It is only as I matured that I discovered all the things I did NOT know.
I too work with a "type A" and find smiling indulgently and not taking anything to heart (while mentally rolling my eyes at some of the things that come out of this colleague's mouth) helps me cope.
You are the older more mature person. Show that maturity by just doing your job and letting them enjoy their youth and confidence. Their behaviour takes nothing away from you or your ability to do your job. Live and let live.
We can't control how others act but we CAN control how we REACT to them.
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reader, aunt honesty  +, writes (7 February 2018):
 The best way to be is believe in yourself and what you have to offer. If you need to work together with this person then don't be afraid to tell them your ideas but also to listen to what they have to say. Be friendly yet professional. If they try and put you down stand up for yourself. If they think they are better than you, let them I wouldn't worry about what they or anyone else thinks. Believe in yourself and your work and you will fly through it.
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