Erikson, Thomas
Summary: Erikson explains that there are four key behavior types that define how we interact with and perceive the people around us. Reds are dominant and commanding, Yellows are social and optimistic, Greens are laid back and friendly, and Blues are analytical and precise. Understanding someone's pattern of behavior is the key to successful communication. Erikson provides practical advice for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business EriksonDuhigg, Charles
Summary: "We all know people who seem capable of connecting with almost anyone. They are the ones we turn to for advice, the ones who ask deep questions but also seem to hear what we are trying to say. What do they know about conversation that makes them so special? And what can they tell us about how communication really works? Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg argues, understand--some by intuition,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 153.6 DUHJones-Fosu, Justin
Summary: "Start building bridges instead of barriers! This essential guide offers a simple 4-part framework that will help you have honest and enlightening conversations despite deep and fundamental disagreements. Divisions are on the rise around the world, and 2024 may well be a peak year. We're losing the ability to disagree without demonizing. There is a deep need for this practical and accessible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2024
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Summary: "An award-winning psychologist reveals the hidden power of our inner voice and shows how we can harness it to live healthier, more satisfying, and productive lives. Tell a stranger that you talk to yourself, and you're likely to get written off as eccentric. But the truth is that we all have a voice in our head. When we talk to ourselves, we often hope to tap into our inner coach but find our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 KROFernyhough, Charles
Summary: We all hear voices. Ordinary thinking is often a kind of conversation, filling our heads with speech: the voices of reason, of memory, of self-encouragement and rebuke, the inner dialogue that helps us with tough decisions or complicated problems. For others - voice-hearers, trauma-sufferers and prophets - the voices seem to come from outside: friendly voices, malicious ones, the voice of God...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Reveals the complicated effects the web is having on our society as seen through the eyes of artist, futurist, and visionary, Josh Harris. Director Ondi Timoner documented more than a decade of Harris' increasingly tumultuous life and experiments, including one that involved living under 24-hour electronic surveillance, which led to his mental collapse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Indiepix Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WEHorn, Sam
Summary: "Want to know how to speak up instead of shut down, face challenges head-on instead of run the other way, and keep your cool even when others don't? Talking on Eggshells shows you how. This inspiring book shares everyday character-building situations and offers examples of what to say and not to say so you'll never be tongue-tied or tongue-twisted again. Sam Horn's relatable, real-life stories...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.6 HORElgin, Suzette Haden.
Summary: "In The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work, nationally recognized linguistics expert and author Suzette Haden Elgin applies her techniques for combating verbal attacks to common workplace situations. Powerful yet unthreatening, her proven strategies will help you recognize and defend yourself from verbal abuse - everything from causal obscenities and racist or sexist language to sarcasm,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.6 ELGGlaser, Judith E.
Summary: " The key to success in life and business is to become a master at Conversational Intelligence. It's not about how smart you are, but how open you are to learn new and effective powerful conversational rituals that prime the brain for trust, partnership, and mutual success. Conversational Intelligence translates the wealth of new insights coming out of neuroscience from across the globe, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.101 GLACava, Roberta.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.13 CAVDavies, William
Summary: The University of London political economist draws on four hundred years of history to examine the systematic discrediting of scientists and experts by a modern public that disregards objective facts in favor of emotions, particularly fear and anxiety.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.01 DAVKeefer, Betsy
Summary: Provides parents with the knowledge and tools they need to communicate with their adopted or foster child about the circumstances of their past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bergin & Garvey 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.445 KEEKalick, Rosanne
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lion Books Publisher 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 KALLevitin, Daniel J.
Summary: Levitin explores how the evolution of our brains made music, art, science, and society possible. He uncovers six fundamental ways that songs communicate emotion and ideas--songs of friendship, joy, comfort, religion, knowledge and love--and so have built human nature. Mixing cutting-edge neuroscience, his own sometimes hilarious experiences in the music business, and illuminating interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.11 LEVOrlov, Melissa.
Summary: Going beyond traditional marriage counseling which can often discount the influence of ADHD, this discussion offers advice from the author's personal experience and years of research and identifies patterns of behavior that can hurt marriages--such as nagging, intimacy problems, sudden anger, and memory issues--through the use of vignettes and descriptions of actual couples and their ADHD...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Specialty Press