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Any suggestions on ways to deal with such people and not loose your cool would be appreciated!
the polite part is the important part and is the part that i fail at the most.
You be surprised, sometimes those smart talkers produce some interesting result when triggered correctly. Some get overwhelmed and might break, so be careful with this.
You can unload task and work on them. When I have to deal with a smart talker I usually try to use the opportunity to pass the Sharon paddle. It shuts them up most of the time and they then avoid me. If I fiddle with a device, just moving away and let them do it, usually ends it very quickly. Put them on the spot. In meeting it is much better, but it is delicate art of baiting people and anticipating them. Unload unf…
I know for some people, I fall into the "oversmart" category. (Obviously, with others this is not the case) There are some of my teammates that choose some of the manipulations suggested herein who get no benefit of my ability to see solutions I've never tried before, because they have shut the door.
Other teammates engage me often to their benefit.
The difference IMO, the teammates that come to me, they have no ego about working with someone else to make a solution.
The boss just observes and keeps kicking me raises.
I suggest always being open-minded. Even when the crazy mf is talking again.