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Book details
  • Genre:SELF-HELP
  • SubGenre:Self-Management / Stress Management
  • Language:English
  • Pages:120
  • eBook ISBN:9781609846602

Energy Vampire Slaying: 101

How to deal with difficult people--in other words, how to combat and defeat negativity, toxic attitudes, and people who suck the life right out of you

by Dan O'Connor

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Overview
Communication expert and Energy Vampire Slayer Dan O'Connor teaches you how to instantly identify, combat and defeat the energy vampires (difficult, toxic people) in your life. Negativity be gone!
Description
Do you feel like you’re getting the energy sucked right out of you when you go into work? In this book you’ll learn how to identify and neutralize the energy vampires and negativity in your life and in yourself. Everyone struggles with managing negative people, difficult customers, office gossips, angry co-workers, and egomaniacal bosses. You’ll start at your source, confronting your inner vampire, then you’ll move to putting up your invisible shields against the energy vampires around you, and finally, you’ll receive specific tools and tactics used to defeat and defend against the toxic people and attitudes that surround you. This book focuses on tactics, or specific step-by-step instructions, rather than theory. You’ll learn specific scripts, verbal patterns, and power phrases to help you communicate more effectively. You’ll be given tools you can use while you're in training, and immediately ever after, to keep your momentum going. Of course, all of this is delivered in Power Diversity’s unique style, blending humor, advanced adult learning techniques, and a little quantum physics, keeping you riveted for the learning experience. In This Book You’ll Learn: • How to develop and use a Personal Compass • How to avoid saying the wrong thing, or using Danger Phrases— • How to discern the appropriate thing to say—complete with Power Phrases • How to identify and name the energy vampires in your life • Specific scripts to use in person and over the telephone when confronted with negativity or difficult people • What daily steps you can take to defend against energy vampires and difficult people • How the laws of science and negative vs. positive energy apply in the office as well, and how to work with those laws • How to focus and get your work done more efficiently, so you have more time for personal development • Brain basics, and how to avoid letting your emotions take over in a difficult situation • How to stop rewarding the difficult people that plague you • How to enjoy relationships that are less stressful and more fruitful
About the author
Imagine if tomorrow you could strengthen teamwork, trust, and communication throughout your entire organization. Now you can--but you don’t need another team-building trainer--you need a Superteams Expert. Dan O’Connor has been giving organizations and individuals dynamite tactics and strategies proven to synergize and motivate teams for over 15 years. Audience members enjoy Dan’s tactical step-by-step manner, and walk away with an arsenal of strategies, tools, and exercises, along with free access to audios, quick-reference cards, and other resources designed to help each person master the tactics they learn during the event. Additionally, if you’d like the content tailored for your specific event or organization, Dan does not charge extra for custom tailoring. Meeting planners and training directors enjoy our easy turnkey rates and booking process. All travel, tools, and expenses are always included in our quotes, and we take care of all of the arrangements. You simply tell us where and when, and we take care of the rest.