In 1996, I was a freshly minted high-school history teacher offering a lesson about the presidential election. Ned, who sat in the back row, was doing what Ned always did: making his classmates laugh.

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One in six patients is deemed to be dissatisfied and demanding. But to prevent difficult medical problems from being redefined as difficult patients, doctors need help I once cared for a patient for ...

People who make your life more difficult may be aging you faster, according to recent research. In the study, published last month in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found ...

When I was in law school, people used to say: “If you don’t know who the class jerk is, it’s you.” Actually, they didn’t say “jerk,” but you get the point. And it rang true. It also gave me a quiet ...

Spending time with someone who constantly causes problems may do more than just ruin your mood. Over time, those stressful relationships could also affect your health and even speed up aging, a recent ...

Spending time with a difficult person can impact your mood in the moment. But over time, these challenging social interactions might also have a detrimental effect on your physical health, possibly ...

The HBR Executive Playbook on protecting governance, repairing trust, and keeping the work on track. by Rachel DuRose The job of a corporate board is to scrutinize management’s assumptions, ...

Conservationist Jane Goodall said, "It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us." After conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall died at ...

In “I’m Not Trying to Be Difficult,” the star restaurateur Drew Nieporent evokes a glittering age in Manhattan hospitality. nonfiction In “I’m Not Trying to Be Difficult,” the star restaurateur Drew ...

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These six books can help ease tensions. By Louisa Kamps Earlier in my career, I worked for a hot-tempered woman who, according to an office rumor, had thrown a shoe at one of my predecessors. Rattled ...