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Do You Talk To Yourself? Does It Matter?

July 15, 2009

have you ever stopped to actually listen to that voice inside your head, really hear the way you talk to yourself, the kinds of things you say about yourself and the world around you? Ever listened to the tone and what it sounds like it’s saying? Ever said to yourself, “What a jerk! I can’t believe this is happening to me!” or “I don’t get paid for this kind of abuse!” How do such thoughts affect your attitude and your behavior? Do those thoughts help or hinder you?

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Posts about Interpersonal conflict and dealing with people as of July 14, 2009

July 14, 2009

5 Shoo Customers Do Not Bother Me Features – online2riches.com 07/14/2009 Online customers can be the most difficult people to please. And you cannot do anything about it. Because the customer is ALWAYS right. Even if they are wrong, they are still always right. If you have had enough of dealing with these kinds of […]

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Changing Your Reactions

July 13, 2009

Something I hear about from my coaching clients is that they are unhappy with the way they react to others. And while their first impulse is that they wish the others would change (so they wouldn’t have to!) it doesn’t take them long to come to the idea that they can change their own reactions […]

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Posts about Interpersonal conflict and dealing with people as of July 11, 2009

July 11, 2009

What Are You Reading? – mccarty.typepad.com 07/11/2009 The wonderful Fortneys were over last weekend (where poor Amanda sprained both her ankles on our treacherous stairs) and at one point noticed, “I love how your sisters ask you what you’re reading instead of how you are doing!”. (And I love that she noticed that.)  I get […]

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What To Do With An Adult Temper Tantrum

July 10, 2009

Have you ever seen someone really lose it? I mean really lose it? Pupils dilating and contracting, facial muscles twitching, the wind picking up around them filled with leaves and scraps of paper. Not a pretty picture.

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Posts about persuasion from across the internet as of July 8, 2009

July 8, 2009

Dealing With Key Objections In the Art Of Persuasion – drkblog.com 04/29/2009 The purpose of some objections is to delay progress. This is the best trick of procrastinators, who fear making the wrong choice and either getting blamed for it or feeling responsible for it. … [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my […]

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Posts about Interpersonal conflict and dealing with people as of July 8, 2009

July 8, 2009

Am I working in the Mirror Universe now, or what? – ask.metafilter.com 07/08/2009 Everybody that I work with has become an insufferable asshole over the past few weeks. What is going on here? What can I do about it? I like to think of myself as a pretty laid-back kind of guy. I try hard […]

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How To Regain Your Perspective On Anything

July 8, 2009

People who are generally happy in life have learned to associate with pleasant experiences and memories, and to dissociate from unpleasant ones. People who are generally unhappy in life do the reverse. They identify with bad experiences through the power of association, and refuse to identify with more positive experiences by dissociating from them. I recommend that you dissociate yourself from unpleasant memories and start learning from them.

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