Academic : Political Science : Local government. Municipal government

Never again pay the sticker price, accept what is given or engage in an unproductive argument—when you could negotiate the outcome you really want. With The Everyday Negotiator, even beginners can learn to understand the negotiation process and how to use it in everyday, real-life situations. Practical tactics for work and life. The author presents two practical negotiation models: A quick model you can use in friendly, less involved negotiations and a comprehensive model you can use in complex, detailed negotiations in which the stakes are high. The book is one of the most empowering you’ll ever read. It walks you through every aspect of the negotiation process, providing proven tactics from beginning to end: Preparation; Choose a strategy; Initial offer—getting started; Counteroffers—the give and take; Pressure bargaining; Key methods: Achieving progress; Reaching agreement. Each tactic is briefly defined and presented in both a work and life situation. The tactics can be learned quickly and applied immediately. You can read a few tactics in the morning and negotiate the deal you want that afternoon—that’s how easy-to-apply the strategies presented here are. Includes a self-assessment quiz and exercises to help you recognize and take advantage of every situation in which the ability to negotiate can enrich your life. more...

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This authoritative volume provides a comprehensive road map of the important and rapidly growing field of emotion regulation. Each of the 30 chapters in this handbook reviews the current state of knowledge on the topic at hand, describes salient research methods, and identifies promising directions for future investigation. The contributors--who are the foremost experts in the field--address vital questions about the neurobiological and cognitive bases of emotion regulation, how we develop and use regulatory strategies across the lifespan, individual differences in emotion regulation tendencies, social psychological approaches, and implications for psychopathology, clinical interventions, and health. more...

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"You can't just be the smartest. You have to be the most athletic, you have to be able to have the most fun, you have to be the prettiest, the best dressed, the nicest, the most wanted. You have to constantly be out on the town partying, and then you have to get straight As. And most of all, you have to appear to be happy.” – CJ, age seventeen High school isn’t what it used to be. With record numbers of students competing fiercely to get into college, schools are no longer primarily places of learning. They’re dog-eat-dog battlegrounds in which kids must set aside interests and passions in order to strategize over how to game the system. In this increasingly stressful environment, kids aren’t defined by their character or hunger for knowledge, but by often arbitrary scores and statistics. more...

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In an elegant exposition, leading Jungian analyst Mario Jacoby provides a timely and comprehensive exploration of the many aspects of shame and shows how it occupies a central place in our emotional experience. more...

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In TOUGH TRANSITIONS, Dr. Neeld takes the formula from her successful book Seven Choices and expands it to focus on adapting to changes of all kinds, from promotions to retirement, a new baby to empty nesting. Using a life map of her own creation, Neeld demystifies and illuminates the choices individuals will need to make to navigate the four Rs-Responding, Reviewing, Reorganizing, and Renewing. Through a thoughtful blend of scientific research, real-life stories, and wisdom of numerous traditions, she assists readers in gaining perspective and bringing a sense of equilibrium back to their lives as they learn the difference between surviving and thriving. more...

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