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Talking to 'Crazy'

How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life

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No matter how hard you try to reason with irrational people, it never works. So how do you talk to someone who just won't listen? You can't win by ignoring the insanity, and you can't argue it away. However, you can stop it cold.

Top-ranked psychiatrist and communication expert Mark Goulston shows you just how to do so in this life-changing book for everyone trapped in maddening personal or professional relationships.

Goulston unlocks the mysteries of the irrational mind, and explains how faulty thinking patterns develop. His keen insights are matched by a set of counterintuitive strategies proven to defuse crazy behavior, along with scripts, examples, and exercises that teach you how to use them.

In Talking to "Crazy", you will learn:

  • Why people act the way they do
  • How instinctive responses can exacerbate the situation, and what to do instead
  • When to confront a problem and when to walk away
  • How to activate the Sanity Cycle, which quickly transforms you from threat to ally
  • How to use 14 simple yet effective communication techniques, including assertive submission flattery, the kiss-off, and more
  • You can't reason with unreasonable people, but you can reach them. Talking to "Crazy" shows you just how easy it is to do it.

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      • Library Journal

        September 15, 2015

        Psychiatrist Goulston (Get Out of Your Own Way) asserts that we must "lean in" to the crazy--to empathize with it. He distinguishes between mental illness and the kind of absurdity that emerges in everyday interactions with, for example, an irrational partner, a self-sabotaging colleague, or someone who doesn't see the world clearly. To cope with crazy, says Goulston, people have to identify modes in which others act out, realize that it's "not about me," and deal with one's own irrational behaviors first. After discussing the basics of empathetic listening, the author details how to interact with such personalities as the manipulator, the toxic deflector, and the frenemy. VERDICT A solid choice for understanding people in general.

        Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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