The Assertiveness Workbook (2000) focuses on assertiveness as a communication style and method, and helps readers become more assertive with exercises and diary-keeping. Summary About the Author: Randy J. Paterson is a Canadian clinical...
The Art of Everyday Assertiveness (2019) is a book on communication, social skills, learning how to say no, and how become more assertive. Summary About the Author: Patrick King writes and advises on social...
The Logic of Political Survival (2003) introduces and explains the selectorate theory of politics, providing a framework to analyze the power dynamics of politics, wealth distribution, and leadership. Bullet Summary It’s not so much...
“How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything – Yes, Anything!” is a positive psychology book teaching readers how to apply the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). Bullet Summary We all naturally...
In The Shadow Negotiation author Deborah Kolb examines negotiation at the level that rarely gets spoken about but that can either make or break the deal: personal feelings and biases, nonverbal communication, and frames.The...
In Learned Optimism author Martin Seligman explains that the difference between optimists and pessimists is in thought patterns, and he teaches how we can become more optimists or, when the situation demands it, how...
In The Wisdom of Psychopaths author Kevin Dutton explores the topic of psychopathy and, somewhat shocking to some, how certain psychopathic traits predispose to heroic acts for the greater good, or to simply enjoy...
Authentic Happiness provides an overview of Positive Psychology. Written by Martin Seligman, one of the founders of the disciplines, it will teach why happiness and optimism matter, and how you can become happier and...
In “The Secret Handshake”, author Kathleen Kelley Reardon states that there are non-written rules that the people at the top of each organization all follow and obey, and if you want to join that...
