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A seven-step approach to handling difficult conversations with confidence and skill. "Crucial" conversations are interpersonal exchanges at work or at home that we dread having but know we cannot avoid. How do you say what needs to be said while avoiding an argument with a boss, child, or relationship partner? This book offers readers a proven seven-point strategy for achieving their goals in all those emotionally, psychologically, or legally charged...
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2017.
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With a combination of storytelling, cartoons, and fly-on-the-wall discussions from their workshops, Faber and King provide concrete tools and tips that will transform your relationship with the young kids in your life. What do you do with a little kid who ... won't brush her teeth ... screams in his car seat ... pinches the baby ... refuses to eat vegetables ... throws books in the library ... runs rampant in the supermarket? Organized according to...
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The first make-or-break step in persuading anyone to do any thing is getting them to hear you out. Whether the person is a harried colleague, a stressed-out client, or an insecure spouse, things will go from bad to worse if you can't break through emotional barricades.
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Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People was first published in 1936, decades before cell phones, email and social networking changed the way we interact with each other. While technology may have changed, Carnegie's lessons on communication and leadership remain just as relevant now as they ever were. Now for the first time, these powerful lessons are given a face-lift and made to apply directly in the fast, computer-driven age that...
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2020.
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Despite constant digital communication we are lonelier, more isolated, and less tolerant than ever before. Murphy explains why we're not listening, what it's doing to us, and how we can reverse the trend. She makes accessible the psychology, neuroscience, and sociology of listening while also introducing us to some of the best listeners out there. It's time to stop talking and start listening. -- adapted from jacket
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2012.
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Internationally acclaimed adult-child communication experts Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish's How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk is a communication tool-kit based on the authors' popular workshop series. This 30th-anniversary edition offers renewed insight to parents for communicating with their children while avoiding dramatic confrontation.
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The classic guide to bringing out the best in people at their worst—updated with even more can't-standable people!
Dealing with People You Can't Stand has been helping good people deal with bad behavior in a positive, professional way for nearly two decades.
Unfortunately, as the world becomes smaller and time more compressed, new difficult people are being made all the time. So Kirschner and Brinkman have updated
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2016.
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"More than 1 million sold! You know you love your child. But how can you make sure your child knows it? The #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages.
"More than 1 million sold! You know you love your child. But how can you show it so they really feel loved? The #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages.
In raising children, everything depends on the love relationship between parent and child. Just as you are God's child and he...
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Pebble Explore
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2021.
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"Communication is the sharing of information. It sounds easy, but that's not always the case. Did you know your body language and the tone of your voice are just as important as what you are saying? Learn to communicate with confidence in every situation"--
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"We spend so much of our lives talking to each other, but how often are we simply running on automatic, relying on old habits and hoping for the best? Are we able to truly hear others and speak our mind in a clear and kind way, without needing to get defensive or go on the attack? In this groundbreaking synthesis of mindfulness, somatics, and nonviolent communication, Oren Jay Sofer offers simply yet powerful practices to develop healthy, effective,...
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Whether meeting a new client or bumping into a potential mate, you only have a few seconds to make a favorable impression. Is that really possible? Author Nicholas Boothman, a lecturer and licensed master practitioner of neurolinguistic programming, believes yes! He introduces a revolutionary approach to face-to-face communication that will help anyone succeed at making meaningful, and immediate, connections. Whether selling, managing, job hunting,
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McGraw-Hill
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[2012]
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English
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Perhaps once a decade, a book comes along that transforms people's lives in a very real, measurable way. This is one of them. Crucial Conversations exploded onto the scene ten years ago and revolutionized the way people communicate when stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong. Since then, millions of people have learned how to hold effective crucial conversations and have dramatically improved their lives and careers thanks to the...
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Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2017]
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"Today most of us communicate from behind electronic screens, and studies show that Americans feel less connected and more divided than ever before. The blame for some of this disconnect can be attributed to our political landscape, but the erosion of our conversational skills as a society lies with us as individuals. And the only way forward, says Celeste Headlee, is to start talking to each other. In We Need to Talk, she outlines the strategies...
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Provides advice from John C. Maxwell on ways to communicate and connect with people, detailing five principles and practices that explain how to find common ground, simplify communication styles, capture a person's interest, inspire, and maintain authenticity in relationships.
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Punto de Lectura
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2007.
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Español
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Comunícate, cautiva y convence comparte los argumentos necesarios para que nuestra personalidad impacte a los demás, nos descubre el arte de leer a las personas, cómo distinguir las fases del cortejo y cómo reconocer el verdadero rostro de quienes nos rodean. El propósito es que el lector identifique otras formas de expresión ocultas o contenidas en el tono de la voz, la elegancia en el vestir, los modales en casa o el lugar de trabajo y los...
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Mia's abuela has left her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to live with Mia and her parents in the city. The night she arrives, Mia tries to share her favorite book with Abuela before they go to sleep and discovers that Abuela can't read the words inside. So while they cook, Mia helps Abuela learn English ("Dough. Masa"), and Mia learns some Spanish too, but it's still hard for Abuela to learn the words she needs to tell Mia all her stories....
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