Handling Difficult People: Easy Instructions for Managing the Difficult People in Your Life

by Jon P. Bloch

Practical advice for interacting with toxic personalities.

At one point or another, you'll encounter someone who is inconsiderate, irate, or aggressive and you'll need to know how to effectively manage the situation. Handling Difficult People helps you deal with the toxic personalities in all areas of your life, including in the workplace, at home, and during everyday interactions. Inside, you'll find the strategies and tools you need to spot the ten most common personality types and information on why these people behave in such an irritating manner. This book also teaches you what you should do when you're confronted by a difficult person as well as how to avoid these types of people altogether.

With the time-tested advice and techniques in Handling Difficult People, you'll confidently manage any toxic situation--and learn what you can do to help yourself.

Genres: Nonfiction, Leadership, Self Help

162 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Essam Ali · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read this as a joke with a mild hope to learn something to cope. By the end of it, I realised I need a book about how to handle how insufferable reading this book as been

[Jennifer Trimble · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were some good tips on how to either avoid or confront difficult people. This is just the first book I've read about this. I'm going to find more to try and make my situations with difficult people better.

[Vikrama Dhiman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty Good

Pretty good and exhaustive.
Made tonnes of notes but will need to read again and again so that the lessons stick.

[Quinns Pheh · Rating 4 out of 5]

At one point or another, you will encounter someone inconsiderate, angry, or aggressive, and you will need to learn how to manage the situation effectively. This book helps you deal with the toxic personalities in life areas, including in the workplace, at home, and during daily interactions. In between, you'll also find strategies and tools needed to spot the ten most common personality types and information on why these people behave in such an irritating manner. Additionally, it teaches you what you should do when confronted by a difficult person and how to avoid these people altogether. Just as you would want others to get past your transgressions toward them, see if you could find it within yourself to do the same. At last, any challenges fate places on your path, do enjoy the journey on this ride.

[Marilyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this book up looking for some assistance with a person I just can’t seem to get along with. While there were no magic, easy solutions, I did identify some characteristics and dynamics that will give me food for thought. The book over-simplifies the concept of “difficult people” – aren’t we all difficult sometimes? – and there are some parts that I think are questionable in accuracy and reasoning. But the descriptions of the types do add detail to one’s thinking, and I don’t think the book was a waste of time. Just not a problem solver.

[Sonia Gill · Rating 1 out of 5]

I borrowed this book from the library on a whim and based purely on the title, a subject matter that interests me. Truthfully, I only skimmed this book but that was because it's poorly written. It lacks science; it's as if the author wrote purely based on his personal experience. It's borderline dangerous: it's inaccurate and offers bad advice for dealing with some dangerous personalities (like bullies). Take care if you read this seriously and do more research before you endanger yourself!

[Annaha Ibrahim · Rating 2 out of 5]

ok. give some insight and definition on people's characters that we may not notice but have been a nuisance.

[Zach Liang- · Rating 4 out of 5]

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