Difficult Work

Do you hate the people you work with? The simple fact of the matter is that when a number of people are gathered together for any length of time, there are going to be problems. It's just not easy for everyone to get along. But, short of quitting your job, what can you do?

“Well? Are you now tired of making a fool of yourself?” He turned to look at her. “I will leave the class. But it is only because I don’t want to reveal just how foolish you are.” She chuckled. “Look at who is talking. A new teacher who does not know how stupid he had made himself appear.” Enjoy the drama in this new tale of crossdressing.

Best-selling author and personal development trainer, Scott Allan, wants you to defeat procrastination, eliminate negative self-talk, and overcome lazy tendencies to delay hard work. In this hands-on, practical guide, you'll learn Scott's step-by-step method to destroy bad habits and end self-sabotage so that you can stop guilting yourself for working hard but getting nothing done.

China, Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq...God is at work. Christians are testifying. The gospel is advancing. In this captivating travelogue, a veteran missions mobilizer leads listeners to experience global Christianity, exploring the faith and lives of Christians living in some of the world's most perilous countries. The incredible accounts recorded here - stories that span the globe from China to Afghanistan - highlight the bold faith and sacrificial bravery of God's people.

Work relationships can be hard. The stress of dealing with difficult people dampens our creativity and productivity, degrades our ability to think clearly and make sound decisions, and causes us to disengage. In Getting Along, workplace expert and Harvard Business Review podcast host Amy Gallo identifies eight familiar types of difficult coworkers—the insecure boss, the passive-aggressive peer, the know-it-all, the biased coworker, and others—and provides strategies tailored to dealing constructively with each one.

Elizabeth Earnshaw is here to help. The renowned Gottman therapist, founder of A Better Life Therapy, and influential Instagram therapist behind @lizlistens has helped to transform countless relationships. With I Want This to Work, she presents for today’s generation the most effective and proven steps for relationship success.

Difficult people, there are all kinds of them, but they have one thing in common: They make your skin crawl and your life miserable. When you have to cope with someone undermining you or putting you down, it destroys your motivation. You shut down emotionally and lose interest in all those things you liked. You can’t simply run away from them because there will always be others. It’s just a fact of life.

This book contains some proven techniques for managing yourself, as well as managing difficult people. If you gain a better understanding of yourself, build your confidence, and use these techniques, then you’ll make your life a whole lot easier.

Confidence has been scientifically proven to directly affect our happiness. As pressures from society increase, low self-esteem, and social anxiety have become all too common for many amazing people. This phenomenon shows itself in a loss of words, public shyness or an inability to connect with others. Thankfully, confidence is a skill that almost anyone can learn. 

In Engagement, best-selling authors Lee G. Bolman and Joan V. Gallos offer a compelling workplace parable to illustrate the strategies and skills needed to make unworkable relationships positive and productive. The audiobook introduces the four-step SURE model, which offers rules of engagement for staying alert, grounded, and productive when faced with the prickly, taxing, or toxic folks who block progress.

Once upon a time, people wrote fables featuring untrustworthy ravens, wicked wolves, insincere monkeys, and power-hungry lions. Told repeatedly through generations and spread throughout the world, classic stories abound in which noble heroes and heroines matched wits with these typically treacherous beasts. But what's that you say? You feel as though you're surrounded by just these sorts of characters at work? Well, you're not alone.

There’s no denying that life is full of people who are going to hurt you and make you feel miserable. And you have to learn how to handle and deal with them. Always remember that the choice is always yours. You can either remain the victim, feeling lost and broken...or you can fight and use that pain to grow and come out of it stronger than ever before!

In many workplaces today, workplace conflict is an escalating issue. The shift to remote work and hybrid teams has left many people longing for deeper human connection. On top of this, add a younger generation clamoring for more feedback and impatient for change, steady advances in technology that can feel threatening to job security, or people reexamining priorities and quietly quitting. Take the increase in anxiety, stress, and depression, mix in the loss of human relationships, and you get less tolerance and understanding leading, ultimately, to more unresolved workplace conflict.

Wouldn't it be nice if work stopped being something you dread and instead something you enjoy? If you're stressed and unhappy because of problems with a boss or colleague, you pay a price. Not only can your mental and physical health suffer, your nearest and dearest get sick of hearing about it.

Having difficult conversations at work is a necessary discomfort. Instead of avoiding these conversations with your boss, colleagues, or direct reports, you need a strategy that won't leave you feeling like you were being talked at or ignored. The key to solving this problem starts and ends with changing the conversation. Recognizing that it takes two people to engage in meaningful conversation, Can We Talk? outlines what each contributor needs to do to achieve the best possible result.

Are you one of millions of people losing regular income? Do you need to start earning money from home and spending it wisely? Do you want to know why most of the 57 million US freelancers do not want to return to nine-to-five jobs? Have you ever dreamed to become a successful entrepreneur? Online livelihoods are a growing industry (15 percent in 2019), and in this audiobook, I’ll show you how you can create a sustainable income by working online and save thousands a year.

Family Crisis Guidebook will help you and your family navigate through a relational, addiction, and or mental health crisis in ways that will not only help you out of a bad situation, but will help your family achieve sustained change. Change is the only true antidote to future crises. If your family does not take the opportunity for change, the crisis is bound to rear its ugly head again and again. This audiobook will help you use the crisis for the opportunity it is: a springboard for growth. 

Amy Gallo identifica ocho perfiles de compañeros de trabajo que son difíciles y nos ofrece diversas estrategias adaptadas para tratar constructivamente con cada uno de ellos. Saber cuál es el camino correcto no es fácil, pero Gallo nos brinda una perspectiva crucial sobre cómo las relaciones en el trabajo realmente importan, así como la compasión, el estímulo y las herramientas útiles para prevalecer en tu trabajo sin necesidad de cambiar.

This book will gain insight into a difficult person's definition and unravel ideas on how to manage complex relationships. We will also consider balancing work and family relationships without difficulties and steps to deal with toxic people. To deal with difficult people, you must understand the role of psychology and self-help, which we analyzed in another chapter. The last chapter details how to rebuild your relationships that other parties' problematic behaviors may have negatively impacted. 

Guilt-ridden and struggling to cope with her new normal, August shuts out the people who love her most, and nearly ruins her most important friendship. If August wants a chance at adjusting to life after tragedy, she'll have to process her pain, let go of the past, and leave the darkness behind.