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One of the most challenging relationships is one with a friend who focus on the negative. Five tips to handle complainers—and even turn them around.
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Don't Lose Your Cool. Do This... Most people have to deal regularly with at least one irrational person—someone who routinely…
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How many of you have a friend, relative or coworker who just won’t let up? Someone who constantly calls or…
We all know people we don’t like...as well as people we like (even love) but whose behavior we hate. These…
We all have that one friend or relative—the one who “casually” references the big raise he got again and again.…
You get to the theater at 8:00 pm on the dot, just like you and your friend planned—but he’s nowhere…
Gossip based on kind thoughts (“Did you hear about lucky Helen’s handsome new boyfriend?”) generally is harmless. But: When comments…
