A Joosr Guide to... How to Deal with Difficult People by Gill Hasson: Smart Tactics for Overcoming the Problem People in Your Life

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Are there people in your life that put a knot in your stomach every time you think about being around them? Discover the secrets to dealing with difficult people and enjoy more peaceful relationships-and fewer stomach knots.

How To Deal With Difficult People by Gill Hasson teaches us how to successfully communicate with others, especially those we find difficult. Thought provoking questions are asked throughout, which help us see where others are coming from, and why they're acting a certain way. Oftentimes, the root of the problem is a lack of mutual understanding and respect. When we can recognize this, we're better able to communicate effectively with others.

You will learn:

· How to understand where a person is coming from and why they're being difficult

· How to honestly evaluate yourself and determine if you're part of the problem

· How to actively listen and observe body language to improve communication and understanding.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joosr
• Release date: Sep 17, 2015
• ISBN: 9781785671500

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What’s it about?

Human beings are social creatures. We crave the company of others, especially those who are like-minded—those whom we get along with well and can share experiences with. In an ideal world, we would be surrounded by such people. Our lives would be full and our experiences enriched, because we got to enjoy them with people we like.

Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world. We live in an imperfect one, full of imperfect people, which means we often end up interacting with difficult people. Theodore Roosevelt said that the single most important ingredient of success is knowing how to get along with people. But can we get along with someone who is unwilling to meet us halfway? How do we cope with being around people that are constantly angry, negative, or critical?

While it is human nature to want to fight back or withdraw when someone attacks us, doing so doesn’t garner the best results. The difficult person will likely behave even worse, and we will end up feeling guilty about our behavior, or even worse—depressed or stressed. So, what is a person to do?

How To Deal With Difficult People explains that before we can deal with a negative person, we have to figure out what is causing their behavior. Finding the underlying cause