Award season is upon us and with it the often-heard complaints: awards are silly or they don't mean anything. Those declarations are a tad presumptuous, aren't they? After all, what is an award? A prize or other mark of recognition given in honour of an achievement.

It's easy to waste a lot of time and energy trying to deal with certain types of people: narcissists, drama queens and complainers, to name a few. Once you can identify 10 problematic personality types, you'll be able to protect yourself if they happen to walk into your life.