7 Types of People You Don’t Need Around You For Too Long

The people in your life can make or mar you

Victor Mong
5 min readAug 30, 2022
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The people in your life matter; they can influence the way you think, talk, feel, and act. That’s why you need to be careful with the type of people you give unnecessary space in your life.

Having the wrong people around you can put your physical, mental, and emotional well-being at risk over time. They’ll cause you a lot of stress and drain you with their toxic words and behaviors.

Here are 7 types of people you should not accommodate for too long.

People who are permanently in a negative fog

Emotions are energy and they can be transmitted from person to person. Like the flu, we contact the emotional energy of the people around us.

If someone is happy or sad, it's only a matter of time before you start to feel the same way without you realizing it.

The reason is we communicate our emotions through the tone of our voices and the words we use. When you spend time with a negative person, you’ll often match the emotional valence of their word choices.

It’s the language you use that drives this contagion process. This is why spending time with people who are always in a…

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Victor Mong
Victor Mong

Written by Victor Mong

I write about human potential, building a life you want & mastering your mind || info.victormong@gmail.com

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