Making Work More Meaningful: Mastering Mindset and Navigating Negative Workplace Culture

“Anytime you're dealing with a toxic person or somebody that's just so miserable that they want to drag you down with them, too, it's just a reflection of their internal world, and a lot of the times it has nothing to do with you. You just happen to be a character that's passing by them at this time and this place, and I think it's important to not stoop down to their level and to not engage by dishing it back, but to just, you know, I feel like in my most difficult jobs, I leaned into God more and kind of really thought about who do I want to be coming out of these, these difficult situations? How can I act in a way that after this job is all said and done, I'm happy with the way that I carried myself?”