6 Ways to stay away from negativity in your office

Labhya Sharma
3 min readDec 27, 2019
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  1. If somebody new and highly toxic person joined your team. Just try to be calm and analyze the person as much as you can. Don’t try to be the ‘odd one out’ so that he/she can notice you. And the mantra for that is

Remember, Like a batsman waits for the loose ball to hit. Just wait for the right time to hit hard and make him/her your fan.

2. If you start feeling that your team is becoming negative and there is some conspiracy against you. Just be calm because patience is the key. And the mantra for that is

Remember, Just start making distance step by step without getting noticed by anyone. Like Change your seat, Stop eating with them or just stop going for a chai with them

3. Be extra good with one or a group of people in your office. Make them good friends so that you can openly talk about all the shit in your professional life and get relaxed in a way. And the mantra is

Find good people and be really good with them. Don’t be fake but don’t rely on them because you are living and earning on your own.

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4. If someday you have a bad meeting or your boss said something after losing his mind. Mantra for handling it

Just keep that shit up to that place only. Don’t overthink and never take things personally.

5. If you talk or think negative whole day about your office. You are going to hate that place and will never want to go to that place.

Talking negative is not going to change anything in the space. It is only going to affect you in a way so avoid it.

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6. You don’t love somebody else more than yourself so respect yourself and whenever somebody crosses that thin line just warn them with full confidence and if you started feeling not going to your office and that feeling persists then always remember.

You are just an E-mail away from your freedom or stop following any instruction. Be calm and leave that shitty place. Decide if you want to break the bridge or not. I would say that save the bridge as much as you can else break it like a villain.

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Labhya Sharma

Software engineer creating better place to breath.