# How to Stop Reacting and Start Winning with Difficult People | Ryan Leak

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Podcast: [The School of Greatness](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-school-of-greatness-745252)
Published: 2026-04-27T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://lewishowes.com/1920
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## Resource

Ryan Leak has spent his career pulling people's lives off the floor, and in this conversation, he gets radically honest about what it actually takes to deal with difficult people, set boundaries on your friendships, and trust something bigger than yourself when others let you down. You will walk away with a framework for handling the hardest relationships in your life without losing who you are in the process.

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