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Individual Contributor - Participant’s Workbook
HOW YOU IRRITATE OTHERS
Instructions:
Identify the number you selected from the previous handout, “What Irritates You?” Locate that number below to learn
how your behaviors may irritate others. Put a check next to the specific behaviors that apply to you. Then, under the
same number, draw upon the knowledge of your personal experience to add any other ways you may annoy others.
1. Perfectionism
Critical judgments
Inflexibility
Perfectionism
Finickiness
Black or White thinking
Additional irritations:
2. Emotion
Over-concern / Overemotional
Intrusion
Flattery
Manipulation
Additional irritations:
3. Superiority attitude
Phoniness
Superficiality
Dishonesty
Deception
Additional irritations:
4. Moodiness
Melancholy
Impractical ideas
Unrealistic suggestions
Over-sensitivity
Additional irritations:
5. Excessive Analysis
Unfeeling
Hasty conclusion
Distant or Aloofness
Long explanations
Additional irritations:
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