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Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist, business consultant, and coach, author Mark Goulston combines his background with the latest scientific research to help listeners turn the "impossible" and "unreachable" people in their lives into allies, devoted customers, loyal colleagues, and lifetime friends. Just Listen provides simple but powerful techniques listeners can use to really get through to people.

Did you know that Dialectical Behavior Therapy has helped millions of teenagers since it was developed just over 30 years ago! This isn’t just a book; it’s an interactive audiobook. It uses dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a form of therapy that helps people find the balance between accepting themselves and changing what they don’t like about themselves.

One of the biggest myths that plagues the business world today is that our ability to network depends on having the “gift-of-gab”. You don’t have to be outgoing to be successful at networking. You don’t have to become a relentless self-promoter. In fact, you don’t have to act like an extrovert at all. Matthew Pollard, an introvert himself, draws on over a decade of research and real-world examples to provide an actionable blueprint for introverted networking.

Inside, you’ll find absolutely everything you need to begin your journey of speed reading everyone around you and actually uncovering their true intentions, motivations & behaviors. As well as that, you’ll be able to decode your own behaviors and start decoding what others are thinking & deciphering when they are communicating with you....

Why is it so hard to change problem behavior - in our kids, our colleagues, and even ourselves? Conventional methods often backfire, creating a downward spiral of resentment and frustration, and a missed opportunity for growth. What if the thinking behind these old methods is wrong? What if people don’t misbehave because they want to, but because they lack the skills to do better? Or as renowned psychologist J. Stuart Ablon asks, what if changing problem behavior is a matter of skill, not will?

You know those days when everything just feels off? Maybe you had a rough morning, a frustrating meeting, or a tense chat with your partner. You move through life like a ball bouncing around in a pinball machine, reacting to every bump and beep. But what if you could turn that chaos into something productive? What if you could take those intense emotions and channel them into better conversations, stronger relationships, and a sense of calm? This book is your guide to mastering emotional intelligence—a skill that can completely transform how you handle your world.

Combining profound psychological insight and deep spirituality, Soul to Soul provides fascinating answers to over 100 questions that will be of enduring value to listeners. More than that, what has been accomplished bears repeating, for it is monumental: nothing less than to respond to many of the most fundamental questions about life that anyone could ask with answers that have universal worth. Soul to Soul is truly empowering and will help listeners to become the people they want to be.

In this, his first audiobook, Tony Hsieh - the widely admired CEO of Zappos, the online shoe retailer -explains how he created a unique culture and commitment to service that aims to improve the lives of its employees, customers, vendors, and backers. Using anecdotes and stories from his own life experiences, and from other companies, Hsieh provides concrete ways that companies can achieve unprecedented success.

Word Power is an easy-to-follow series of vocabulary lessons from master linguist Peter Funk. His proven techniques will dramatically help you to improve your vocabulary and express yourself more clearly and forcefully. You will also gain the confidence that comes from having exactly the right word for every situation.

Peter Senge's groundbreaking ideas on building organizations have made him a household name among corporate managers. His theories help businesses to clarify their goals, to defy the odds, to more clearly understand threats, and to recognize new opportunities. He introduces managers to a new source of competitive advantage, and offers a marvelously empowering approach to work.

The lifeblood of any free society is persuasion: changing other people’s minds in order to change things. But America is suffering a crisis of faith in persuasion that is putting its democracy and the planet itself at risk. Anand Giridharadas takes us inside these movements and battles, seeking out the dissenters who continue to champion persuasion in an age of polarization. As the book’s subjects grapple with how to call out injustices while calling in those who don’t agree with them but just might one day, they point a way to healing, and changing, a fracturing country.

Do you struggle to get your point across in high-stakes conversations? Are you tired of being manipulated, outmaneuvered, or misunderstood? Do you want to command attention, build influence, and protect yourself from deception? For leaders, professionals, and high-achievers, communication is the most powerful tool for success. Yet, too many people feel unheard, misinterpreted, or powerless in crucial conversations. You may have faced difficult colleagues, persuasive manipulators, or situations where your words failed to make an impact.

Joel Trachtman's audiobook presents in plain and lucid terms the powerful tools of argument that have been honed through the ages in the discipline of law. If you are a law student or new lawyer, a business professional or a government official, this book will boost your analytical thinking, your foundational legal knowledge, and your confidence as you win arguments for your clients, your organizations, or yourself.

Learn how to argue from the masters. This book is a complete course on the art of argument, taught by the greatest practitioners of it: Churchill, Lincoln, and hundreds of others from the golden age of debate in England and America.

Stop enabling, people pleasing, and being so agreeable. The Art of Everyday Assertiveness is a guide for the chronically nice, overwhelmed, and accommodating. It is a deep psychological dive into what makes us lack assertiveness and how to systematically combat those compulsions.

Failed conversations can take a heavy toll on our professional and personal lives, threatening to damage relationships, erode trust, and make it impossible to resolve conflicts, reach decisions, or achieve mutual understanding. Conversation Transformation gives you practical guidelines for managing the six most common (and aggravating) conversation killers: yes-buts, mind-reads, negative predictions, leading questions, complaining, and verbal attacks. Each chapter guides you through a three-step process for replacing unconstructive habits with more effective responses.

Some conversations you should be ready for include: buying a car, negotiating a salary, buying a house, renegotiating rent, and arguing with your spouse. An advantage in every argument is yours for the taking with Skills in Persuasion, which sets a new standard for emotional intelligence and intuition.

From a leading DBT expert and the author of Stop Walking on Eggshells—which has helped nearly a million people successfully navigate their relationships with BPD sufferers—this workbook harnesses the power of DBT, the gold standard for treating BPD. You'll learn to better understand and empathize with your loved one's internal experiences and symptoms, and discover strategies to help you manage your own emotions and stay calm in stressful or upsetting situations.

An international TED Talk speaker, Tony Porter challenges manhood and male socialization, which he defines as the "man box". Tony Porter works closely with the NFL, the NBA, the MLB, the US military, colleges, universities, and numerous other organizations to prevent violence against women and girls by promoting healthy, respectful manhood.

A guide for adults to expand their vocabulary through a range of activities and and exercises to increase familiarity with more challenging but useful words. Examples of the level of words included are laconic, elated, divulge, bellicose, despondent, jeopardize and opulent. This audio course will broaden your vocabulary by over a hundred words and deepen your understanding of words that you already know. Vocabulary is approached in multiple ways to build a firm understanding.