Have you ever been preparing for a clash, be it intellectual, verbal, physical, only to realize nobody is interested in fighting with you, or worse — nobody even showed up?

As if negative comments we can hear from other people are not bad enough, it turns out we can be pretty sadistic to our own selves too!

You want to put me down? Joke’s on you, I already did it to myself!

When it comes to criticism, naysayers are not very creative. From someone who tries to put you down, you would expect something more than predictable banality. Luckily enough, usually that's pretty much all they have to offer.

Luckily?

Yes. Here's the list of Top 5 negative comments you can hear. And advice how to disarm them on the spot.

Negative comments? Let’s be honest — we’ve all been there.

“Stupid idea”. “That can’t work”. “But there’s already thing like that”. “Ah, that’s cute little idea! How’s your job search going by the way?”

Sounds familiar, right? Well, keep on reading, because we’ve got something that will help you to deal with them!