Do you feel like this around a button pusher personality in YOUR life? • I hate that they always need to be right! • I tend to feel inferior or less capable in my own life (even though I KNOW I am not), • I get tired of hearing their ramblings about all of their […]
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How to Be Calm, Confident and Assertive when Confronting Difficult People
What makes a person “difficult” to deal with? Sure, they may have attitudes or behaviours that are frustrating, but the really difficult part is handling your triggered emotions – your anxiety, your stress, your anger, etc. If you can handle the emotional triggers you can truly clear the way to your personal success. Take Jill’s situation, for […]
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“My neighbor is harassing me. How do you deal with harassing neighbors?” The term “neighbor harassing” is very broad. Neighbor harassment can mean anything from neighbors who are verbally abusive to people who are deflating your tires to neighbors who are just plain nosey. It’s a little like saying, “My dog is misbehaving”. You […]
Continue readingDealing with Difficult People: Frustrated and Stressed to Confident and Effective
This tested step-by-step problem-solving method will help you calmly and confidently create the positive change you want when dealing with difficult people. You’ll learn .. How to Understand Difficult People and Create Positive Change How to Handle Conflict, Complaints, Verbal Abuse and Noncollaboration How to Deal with Bullying, Harassment, Gossip, Office Politics and Controlling People […]
Continue readingStories Of Successfully Confronting Difficult People Using The Wellspring Method
“She handled a difficult employee/coworker without feeling stressed at all!…” Before… Jill was the manager of a hair salon and spa who was worrying for weeks about how to confront an employee regarding some inappropriate behavior at work. She didn’t quite know how to bring up the issue and was concerned that the person might get upset or even quit. […]
Continue readingDealing with Difficult People – Expert Strategies
Dealing with difficult people may seem like the LAST thing you’d ever want to do in your life …and yet, it doesn’t have to be that way. It IS possible to create a positive change in your relationship with someone, even though the difficult person is behaving in some socially inappropriate way – harassing, bullying, […]
Continue readingLack of Assertiveness and What To Do About It
If there is ONE skill in life that guarantees success in life, it’s knowing how to be assertive, confident and effective with people. The most successful people in business aren’t the ones who possess special skills or knowledge. They’re the ones who can confidently communicate with people and arouse in them a spirit of cooperation …whether […]
Continue readingHow to Keep Your Cool Around Difficult People!
In my website survey, people reported all kinds of annoying and frustrating behavior in their coworkers, bosses, employees or family members. Very often they would end with a question like, “How can I control my feelings when I’m around this person?” or, “How do I get power over my emotions in this situation?” Question From […]
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A Moving Story About a Resentful Father and His Step-Daughter “I bought your book less than two weeks ago and am having a great respectful relationship with my wife’s daughter who was 15 when we first married. We went thru some tough years then became friends but after a bad marriage of her own which […]
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