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Taming Toxic People

The Science of Identifying and Dealing with Psychopaths at Work & at Home

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Taming Toxic People

By: David Gillespie
Narrated by: Sam Haft
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Psychopaths are everywhere. They are your toxic boss, controlling boyfriend, lazy colleague, annoying mother-in-law and negligent friend - the person who gets away with bad behaviour time and time again. While often superficially charming, they are also rude, aggressive, manipulative, duplicitous and dishonest.

Five per cent of the population is psychopathic, which means they are missing the critical human ingredient of empathy. Because they are programmed to put themselves first, these people routinely disrupt and even destroy relationships and organisations, seemingly without consequence.

Drawing on the latest science, bestselling author David Gillespie offers a detailed and practical guide to identifying the psychopath in your midst, then managing the behaviour to minimise the effect on your family, workplace, friendship group or community organisation.

©2018 David Gillespie (P)2018 Macmillan Australia Audio Mental Health Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Health
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This book changed my life and saved my sanity. It completely changed the way I manage my boss and ex-husband.

Sanity Saving!

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This book explains so much. I wish I'd read it years ago. I want to know if they sometimes adopt pets, and how well they would treat them. If I was the head of a company, I'd want a psychological assessment of all current and incoming employees to identify the masked psychopaths.

Eye opening

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I sought this book for insight into a psychopath ex. But I will get benefits throughout all sectors of my life. Very good book and great listening voice. Narrator has engaging soothing tone.

A book for everyone and anyone

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Struggled because he talks in binaries. Too simplistic throughout, making it irritating to listen objectively to the information, it doesn't feel genuinely in-depth. Anecdotal evidence is provided where research should be placed or at least given to make the reader not feel cheated in legitimate circumstances. I felt like I was indulging the author's simple binary view of the world 95% of the time. I wouldn't recommend this if you have a critical bone in your body.

Simple

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Dont stay stuck. Dont keep thinking it is all your fault. Dont keep giving that relationship one more try. David helps you be more than just a survivor in life. And what David has to say, it all makes sense. Do read.

It all makes sense

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Everyone needs this book to be able to quickly identify and effectively deal with the psychopath in their lives.

Essential reading

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Really enjoyed every bit of it. It reflects reality in the west. A great insight in the corporate world

Awesome book

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it's a useful book how to navigate life in this nowadays society. It's easy to understand and applied.

it's a great insight

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Brilliant book! Well researched, easy to understand, confronting, deep regret of allowing this movement to influence behaviour. Beautiful insight into how to reverse our destructive state.

David holds up a mirror of our current society

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Highly recommend in helping to tame toxic people in your life and actually understand why some people cause the trouble they do. gives a sense of peace, clarity and coping skills to peoples destructive behaviour.

the title says it all

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