How to deal with negative people It is best to stay away from negative people, but sometimes we have no choice, at least for the time being. For example, it is your boss/colleague/neighbour and you bump into them every day, and they do not treat you well. It is not a good feeling, been there done that. You just want to get away from such toxicity. So you have to deal with negative people, still stay positive. There are few ways around it.