[Insanity]

How would it help me deal with toxic people? I've been pretty fortunate that the ratio of nice/toxic people has been pretty low. But each time I had to work with toxic people, it was a huge energy drain and I did not have a good way to deal with it.

[jasoneckert]

The best advice I can give you is to think of toxic people much like you'd think of a new organism you'd like to study. You'll quickly learn why they are toxic, and the types of things you can do and say to deal with them. This, in turn, allows you to leverage or diffuse them.