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Level 2 • Cheat Code #08
How to Handle Toxic Coworkers
You don't have to swallow the bullshit or light the place up. The real flex? Moving like an assassin who's seen some things.
THE PROBLEM
Corporate life would be easy if it weren't for:
- The saboteur
- The credit thief
- The chaos tornado
- The "just playing devil's advocate" parasite
- The whisper network enthusiast
- The slack-jaw who weaponizes incompetence
- The coworker who's always "confused" when you speak but magically understands when Chad repeats your idea louder
Toxic coworkers drain your time, your energy, and your trajectory. And if you don't learn to neutralize them, they will absolutely derail your rise.
THE CHEAT CODE
Don't fight toxic people.
- You don't match their chaos.
- Manage them strategically, quietly, and with receipts.
- Your goal is not to "win." Your goal is to maintain clarity, control, and career momentum while helping them destroy themselves.
⚡ WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW
In the box below, choose ONE toxic coworker to neutralize this month. Then deploy these precision moves:
- Clarify and Confirm: everything in writing "Per our conversation, here's what I'll own and here's what you'll own."
- Bring sunlight: Loop in the right people so dysfunction can't hide.
- Force specificity: "What exactly do you mean?" Toxic people can't survive clarity.
- Set the pace: They want chaos. You respond at your tempo, not theirs.
TRAP
TRAP
TRAP
THE TRAP
- Trying to fix them.
- Trying to befriend them.
- Trying to get them to like you.
A toxic coworker's approval isn't a badge of honor. It's a ticking bomb.
YOUR SHADOW WORK
Write your reflections in the box below.
- Where do you still feel the need to defend yourself?
- Whose drama is driving you nuts?
- What old story makes you susceptible to toxic behavior?
THE STRATEGIC TRUTH
Toxic coworkers thrive on three things:
Reaction (your emotional energy)
Confusion (muddy ownership)
Silence (no witnesses)
Executives don't care who started it. They care who looks like the adult in the room.
When you remain clear, factual, and unbothered, the toxic one will implode.
When you remain clear, factual, and unbothered, the toxic one will implode.
Write your script
Don't fight toxic people.
Manage them -- strategically, quietly, and with receipts.
Your goal is not to "win."
Your goal is to maintain clarity, control, and career momentum while helping them destroy themselves.
You don't match their chaos.
You expose it calmly.
EXAMPLE:
"Let's get clear on roles so we don't duplicate effort. Here's what I'm owning, here's what I understand you're owning -- correct me if I'm off."
CHEAT CODE COMPLETE
You've got the intel.
Now go make your move.
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