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累計30万部を超える『シンプルな習慣』シリーズ第3弾。大人気心理カウンセラーが語る「大切な人と傷つけ合わない関係をつくる」ためにできること。上司部下、親子、恋人、夫婦など、できれば不毛なケンカや衝突をしたくないあなたへ。

Para empezar, tienes que saber que todo el mundo tiene miedo. Los demás tienen el mismo miedo (o más) que tú. El miedo es normal. Los que llegan lejos reconocen sus miedos. Por eso este método empieza por la verdad: reconocer tu miedo. Cuando entiendes tus reacciones vences cualquier reto donde los demás sólo huyen.

Achtsamkeit in der Kommunikation ermöglicht echtes Verständnis und gute Lösungen. Der Praxisratgeber zeigt, wie auch Gespräche mit scheinbar schwierigen Menschen eine neue Wendung nehmen können und man klar für die eigenen Bedürfnisse einsteht. Dabei wird durch Achtsamkeit auch der Ton der inneren Selbstgespräche freundlicher.

Success is not only a matter of what you know and who you know, it's also a matter of who knows you; by becoming a trusted contact and a source of answers, your influence expands - and so do your opportunities. This book will show you how to build influence from the ground up.

In a business world where we are told that time is money, the real currency is communicating clearly at a poised and measured pace. Better Business Speech: Techniques, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Public Speaking at Work by Paul Geiger focuses on the challenges of being a strong communicator in a range of business settings. It begins with the basic premise that all speaking for business is public speaking. Therefore, these are the communication scenarios where any lack of confidence in speech ability will be magnified.

In Negotiation, Gavin Presman shares his ethical and mutually-beneficial approach, showing you how to prepare for and engage in every negotiation to achieve better results for yourself and others - whether you're drawing up a contract with a new client, buying a house or, often the trickiest of all, settling family disagreements.

Franz Kafka es sin duda el autor más admirado, citado e interpretado de los últimos cien años. Su insuperable escritura, siempre a caballo entre el humor y el desasosiego, es un caldo de cultivo permanente para las más diversas disciplinas.

Filled with logical yet counterintuitive answers to ordinary and extraordinary problems - whether it be buying a new home or pivoting a failing business model - Mudd's HEAD (High Efficiency Analytic Decision-making) methodology provides listeners with a battle-tested set of guiding principles that promise to bring order to even the most chaotic problems, all in five practical steps.

People do bad things. They misspeak, mislead, and misbehave. They lie, cheat, steal, and kill. Often, afterward, they apologize. But what makes a successful apology? Why does Joe Biden's 2007 apology for referring to Barack Obama as "articulate and bright" succeed, whereas Mel Gibson's 2006 apology for his anti-Semitic tirade fails? Naturally, the effectiveness of an apology depends on the language used, as well as the conditions under which we offer our regrets.

Technology insider Alice Marwick contends in this insightful book, “Web 2.0” only encouraged a preoccupation with status and attention. Her original research - which includes conversations. Marwick analyzes status-building techniques - such as self-branding, micro-celebrity, and life-streaming - to show that Web 2.0 did not provide a cultural revolution, but only furthered inequality and reinforced traditional social stratification, demarcated by race, class, and gender.

Book View Cafe's members include international best-selling authors and winners of the National Book Award, the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and many others. Most have sold multiple novels to major publishers. Many have taught writing at workshops around the world. The knowledge of these professional authors is gathered into a volume that will help both new and experienced writers cope with the creative challenges and the nuts-and-bolts business issues of a career in writing fiction.

In The Referral of a Lifetime, author Tim Templeton frames a powerful plan for cultivating clients and customers in a fable about businesswoman Susie McCumber, who feels increasingly like a failure. A friend refers her to the mysterious Mr. Highground, who introduces her to four successful people. They show her how they transformed their businesses and their lives by determining how others view them and how they view themselves.

It’s impossible to go a full day without using snark, so why fight it? Snark is everywhere, from television to movies to everyday life. This lively collection provides hours of entertainment - better than an Etch A Sketch, and more fun than Silly Putty! At the heart of it, being in a state of snark can be one of the most useful tools at one’s disposal and hence (yes, I used “hence”), a powerful way to get what you want. With snark, you can catch people completely off-guard, and royally piss them off.

Constance Hale, the best-selling author of Sin and Syntax, zooms in on the colorful world of verbs. Synthesizing the pedagogical and the popular, the scholarly and the scandalous, Hale combines the wit of Bill Bryson with the practical wisdom of William Zinsser. She marches through linguistic history to paint a layered picture of our language - from before it really existed to the quirky usages we see online today. She warns about habits to avoid and inspires with samples of brilliant writing.

Sell more. Earn more. Achieve more. Join Mike Le Put in this powerful audio career-development programme, and sell your way to the top! How to Sell, Sell, Sell will equip you with all the knowledge you could ever need.

You know them at first sight: teammates or colleagues, direct reports or bosses who radiate enthusiasm, positive energy, and inspiration. Even in difficult circumstances they glow with an attitude that inspires others, fosters a great working experience for everyone, and creates empowering relationships. And Lynda Gratton can make sure you're one of them.

From the best-selling author of Flip It!, Michael Heppell, comes the ultimate interactive self-help book and your workbook for success. >Brilliant Life is your life manual. Creating a brilliant life is easy when you know how.

Il problema è questo: spesso le persone litigano per delle questioni che si risolverebbero in cinque minuti al massimo, se solo si sapessero certe cose. Ci sono delle regole di base della comunicazione, delle indicazioni su come poter percepire il mondo attorno a noi, delle teorie della psicologia umanistica e un altro paio di cosette che, se tenute a mente, possono davvero stravolgere l'esito di una discussione. E attenzione: non si tratta di manipolazione, si tratta del modo migliore di rispettare se stessi e gli altri.

Entriamo in un'agenzia di viaggi per prenotare una vacanza poco costosa al mare e usciamo avendone prenotata una dispendiosa in Giamaica, per un "colpo basso" del venditore. I simpatici vicini ci offrono una torta in regalo e qualche tempo dopo ci ritroviamo ad accudire il loro cane. Molti sono i modi e le tecniche per persuadere, perché tutti abbiamo qualcosa da offrire e da ottenere. A fini nobili e meno nobili. Il testo fa il punto sulle strategie persuasive nella pubblicità, nella politica, nei media e nelle relazioni interpersonali.

La letteratura salverà il marketing? Questo apparente paradosso è la chiave del successo per molte aziende che creano messaggi innovativi ed efficaci ispirandosi alle intuizioni dei grandi scrittori. Da Eraclito a Italo Calvino, da Stephen King ad Alessandro Baricco, la letteratura ha alimentato il nostro immaginario con idee, storie e personaggi indimenticabili.