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  • 10 Proven Steps to Defuse Criticism
    Even though you probably hate being criticized, when you receive it instead of trying to deflect it, you can defuse the criticism that inevitably comes your way. Here's how.
  • A Model Husband: Why Does She Want a New Model?
    You may believe that never arguing with each other will make your relationship strong. What usually happens though, is because you're both human you have different needs and wants. If you never even notice, let alone discuss (argue about?) your different needs and wants, you may not even realize the damage you're doing to your relationship.
  • An Argument About Money May Really Be About Something Else
    Almost everything you do is done for a reason, but sometimes you have to look below the surface to discover the really important hidden reason for your behavior.

    Jim was collecting evidence to support his arguments, instead of looking at what was relly bothering him.
  • Are You Attractive?
    Eight simple principles for being an attractive person.
  • Changing Conflict To Dialogue
    It is easier to create an argument than it is to create a dialogue. Dialogue is a different kind of conversation. It's a way of exploring and understanding information and ideas. When practiced, it draws on and uses the wisdom of everyone involved.
  • Communicating Emotionally Difficult Information
    Nine steps you can use when it's time to say something sensitive or potentially upsetting to someone you work with.
  • Conflict: Hazards of Helping (Part 4 of 4)
    Successful conflict intervention professionals do not "fix" things for their clients. Instead, they lead clients through the process of resolving their own issues in a supportive and effective manner.
  • Conflict: Steps to Resolution (Part 2 of 4)
    Although strategies for intervening in conflict can be varied and creative, successful intervention strategies do have certain themes in common. Above all, everyone involved must be treated with respect.
  • Conflict: The Critical Questions (Part 3 of 4)
    When you've taken on the task of helping others resolve conflict, your most important job is to know what questions must be answered to help clarify the situation. The more of these 26 questions you can answer, the more successful you will be.
  • Conflict: Unavoidable and Potentially Positive (Part 1 of 4)
    Effective conflict intervention can help transform a conflict situation into an opportunity for change, growth and development of creative solutions to an organization's most difficult problems.
  • Disarming Defensive Behavior
    Some people need to be right whether they are or not.They're so defensive, it's a real challenge to get them to address any problem. Here are a successful team leader's stratagies for sidesteping their defensiveness.
  • Does Anyone Dare to Tell the Truth?
    Practicing deception has become normal for many people. You need to work to create a situation where telling the truth becomes normal again.
  • Feedback: Listening to What You Don't Want to Hear
    If you hate any kind of feedback, because it feels like criticism, and you despise confrontation, you may be limiting your opportunities for success. Use these 10 steps to learn to extract useful information from any criticism.
  • Have You Ever Been Disappointed on Valentine's Day?
    A true story: How Allison got what she really wanted on Valentines Day.
  • Is He Trying To Control You?
    Relationship advice for women who feel like victims of controlling husbands. Discover how you are cooperating in maintaining such an unproductive relationship and explore your options for making critical changes.
  • Overcome Conversation Power Plays: 5 Steps to Success
    When you know you are supposed to "just shut up and listen," and you really want to get your point across, you have options. Follow these steps to reclaim your own power.
  • Overcome Overwhelm: 10 Ways to Slow Down and Win --
    It's easy to become overwhelmed by overcommiting yourself.

    When you think through your agreements BEFORE you make them, it becomes much easier to stay on target, follow through and achieve success.
  • Procrastination: Taming The Monster
    Everyone procrastinates, it is a natural response to ambivalence. If you want to complete something, but feel stuck, try these steps. It's best to go through them with at least one trusted friend.
  • Say Something Useful When You Talk To Yourself
    The story you tell yourself about who you are in the world has an enormous influence on how you approach problems. You can change your story to change how you handle the problems.
  • Self Deception is Still Deception!
    Each of us has our own favorite ways of avoiding unwanted information. They provide temporary relief from facing some of the seemingly overwhelming challenges of life. The trouble comes later.
  • Use Anger Productively: A 5 Step Process
    Anger is neither good nor bad! It is simply energy.
    It is your natural emotional energy that arises when you feel like something (or someone) is blocking you from getting what you need or want. Here are 5 steps you can take to direct your own supercharged energy.
  • When You're Afraid to Talk to Your Boss...
    Learning to communicate effectively at work is a common challenge. It gets easier when you recognize how your own history may be creating the mis-perceptions that are blocking your success.
  • You Can't Play Win-Win With A Bully Until...
    When being polite and understanding gets you nowhere, you may be trying to cooperate with a bully. It simply won't work. You must start by giving him a reason to listen to you.
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