“People Skills” is a communication-skills handbook that can help you eliminate these and other communication problems. Author Robert Bolton describes the twelve most common communication barriers, showing how these “roadblocks” damage relationships by increasing defensiveness, aggressiveness, and dependency. He explains how to acquire the ability to listen, assert yourself, resolve conflicts, and work out problems […]
Emotional Blackmail
– Susan Forward
October 31, 2014 By
“Successful adult relationships, whether between lovers or friends, require a significant degree of vulnerability, trust, and openness” “If you really loved me…” “After all I’ve done for you…” “How can you be so selfish…” Do any of the above sound familiar? They’re all examples of emotional blackmail, a powerful form of manipulation in which people […]
Understanding Human Nature
– Alfred Adler
September 26, 2014 By
“It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.” As relevant today as when written, this timely reprint of a classic in individual psychology shows the way to increased understanding of ourselves and our role in society. What are we? What is our nature and our role? Where are we […]
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
– William Styron
September 11, 2014 By
“It is a positive and active anguish, a sort of psychical neuralgia wholly unknown to normal life.” Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness is U.S. writer William Styron’s memoir about his descent into depression, and the triumph of recovery. First published in December 1989 in Vanity Fair, the book grew out of a lecture that Styron originally delivered at a symposium […]
The Gift of Fear – Gavin de Becker
September 1, 2014 By
“It is understandable that the perspectives of men and women on safety are so different – men and women live in different worlds…at core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.” True fear is a gift. Unwarranted fear is a curse. Learn how to […]
The Origin of Everyday Moods
– Robert E. Thayer
August 30, 2014 By
Caffeine. Candy. Sex. Shopping. Smoking. Whether we realize it or not, all of us have strategies for self-medicating ourselves when we feel threatened or overwhelmed by tension or tiredness. But why does one person respond to pressure by going for a five-mile run, while another indulges in a five-hour drinking marathon? Why do some of […]
Growing a Business – Paul Hawken
August 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.” Paul Hawken (born February 8, 1946, California) is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, and author. Hawken has written seven books. His 1975 The Magic of Find horn popularized the community of Find horn, an ecological spiritual center in Scotland. […]
What Sherlock Holmes Can Teach Us About Decision Making
– Maria Konnikova
August 18, 2014 By
“the most powerful mind is the quiet mind. It is the mind that is present, reflective, mindful of its thoughts and its state. It doesn’t often multitask, and when it does, it does so with a purpose.” Maria was born in Moscow, Russia and came to the United States when she was four years old. Her first […]
Avocados – some fun facts
August 17, 2014 By
Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable. In Brazil avocados mixed in with ice cream is a very popular dessert. The avocado is also called an Alligator Pear because of its pear-like shape and it’s bumpy green skin. California produces about 90% of the national avocado crop in the Usa. To tell if […]
