Getting Along with an Insecure, Know-It-All Pessimist
Women at Work
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Reduce the Ego Defensiveness, Get Him to Do Something Right
Research shows, especially with insecure people, that flattery helps because it reduces that insecurity. And again, I don't think these are things that will diminish your ideas. But they're sort of communication or persuasion tools that will help you reduce his ego defensiveness. "I like that idea of, let's do X, Y, or Z for a trial period," she says.
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