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Talking to 'Crazy': How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life
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Talking to ‘Crazy’: How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life

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No matter how hard you try to reason with irrational people, it never works. So how do you talk to someone who just won’t listen You can’t win by ignoring the insanity, and you can’t argue it away. However, you can stop it cold.

Top-ranked psychiatrist and communication expert Mark Goulston shows you just how to do so in this life-changing book for everyone trapped in maddening personal or professional relationships.

Goulston unlocks the mysteries of the irrational mind, and explains how faulty thinking patterns develop. His keen insights are matched by a set of counterintuitive strategies proven to defuse crazy behavior, along with scripts, examples, and exercises that teach you how to use them.

In Talking to Crazy , you will learn:

Why people act the way they do
How instinctive responses can exacerbate the situation, and what to do instead
When to confront a problem and when to walk away
How to activate the Sanity Cycle, which quickly transforms you from threat to ally
How to use 14 simple yet effective communication techniques, including assertive submission flattery, the kiss-off, and more

You can’t reason with unreasonable people, but you can reach them. Talking to Crazy shows you just how easy it is to do it.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Focus
Country
United States
Date
29 May 2019
Pages
272
ISBN
9780814439296

No matter how hard you try to reason with irrational people, it never works. So how do you talk to someone who just won’t listen You can’t win by ignoring the insanity, and you can’t argue it away. However, you can stop it cold.

Top-ranked psychiatrist and communication expert Mark Goulston shows you just how to do so in this life-changing book for everyone trapped in maddening personal or professional relationships.

Goulston unlocks the mysteries of the irrational mind, and explains how faulty thinking patterns develop. His keen insights are matched by a set of counterintuitive strategies proven to defuse crazy behavior, along with scripts, examples, and exercises that teach you how to use them.

In Talking to Crazy , you will learn:

Why people act the way they do
How instinctive responses can exacerbate the situation, and what to do instead
When to confront a problem and when to walk away
How to activate the Sanity Cycle, which quickly transforms you from threat to ally
How to use 14 simple yet effective communication techniques, including assertive submission flattery, the kiss-off, and more

You can’t reason with unreasonable people, but you can reach them. Talking to Crazy shows you just how easy it is to do it.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Focus
Country
United States
Date
29 May 2019
Pages
272
ISBN
9780814439296