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Talking to "crazy" : how to deal with the irrational and impossible people in your life / Mark Goulston.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [New York, New York] : HarperCollins Leadership, an imprint of HarperCollins, [2018]Description: xii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780814439296
  • 0814439292
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 158.2 G699 Available 33111008904845
Total holds: 0

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No matter how hard you try to reason with irrational people, it never works. So how do you talk to someone who just won't listen You can't win by ignoring the insanity, and you can't argue it away. However, you can stop it cold.

Top-ranked psychiatrist and communication expert Mark Goulston shows you just how to do so in this life-changing book for everyone trapped in maddening personal or professional relationships.

Goulston unlocks the mysteries of the irrational mind, and explains how faulty thinking patterns develop. His keen insights are matched by a set of counterintuitive strategies proven to defuse crazy behavior, along with scripts, examples, and exercises that teach you how to use them.

In Talking to "Crazy", you will learn:

Why people act the way they do How instinctive responses can exacerbate the situation, and what to do instead When to confront a problem and when to walk away How to activate the Sanity Cycle, which quickly transforms you from threat to ally How to use 14 simple yet effective communication techniques, including assertive submission flattery, the kiss-off, and more

You can't reason with unreasonable people, but you can reach them. Talking to "Crazy" shows you just how easy it is to do it.

Includes index.

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