What do you really want? An improved relationship, more money from less work and to enjoy feeling calm and confident. What makes the big difference? The "crucial 10 seconds." The ten seconds can occur at anytime during a conversation. Top professionals know how to be better than persuasive. They foster a comfortable state of readiness to take full advantage of any opportunity. This classic book, now in its second edition, guides you to save time, avoid miscommunication, build confidence, gain instant rapport, manage difficult situations, reduce stress through cooperation, work effectively with creditors, align yourself for promotions and raises, and even gain forgiveness. This book is a unique blend of practical business strategies and spirituality. Learn to enhance your romantic relationship so you feel better and prosperity flows in. Make your personal brand vivid so people respect you and want to hear your ideas and suggestions. Practice shifting your thoughts so you can bounce back faster from communication setbacks. Award winning speaker, author, university lecturer, and CEO, Tom Marcoux coaches you to success through job interviewing, public speaking, and personal branding. Learn to access your Divine Gifts so that you're at your best during the 10 Seconds that mean success in your business and personal life. Examples from the lives of prominent contemporary success stories include Warren Buffet and Bill Gates. Short articles by other eminent authors provide further strategies. A rich collection of quotations stimulates the reader's imagination, ranging from Jack Canfield to Oprah.

Is resentment eating away at your relationship?   Are you tired of hurt feelings and misunderstandings?   Would you like to rebuild connection and intimacy?   Breathing Room provides practical tips to improve all relationships:   —Balance your needs —Improve communication, teamwork, and trust —Bounce back from disappointments, hurt, and differences   Breathing Room gives you the tools to take your relationship skills to a new level!

Who hasn’t felt the sting of rejection?   It doesn’t take much for your feelings to get hurt—a look or a tone of voice or certain words can set you ruminating for hours on what that person meant. An unreturned phone call or a disappointing setback can really throw you off your center. It’s all too easy to take disappointment and rejection personally. You can learn to handle these feelings and create positive options for yourself.   Don’t Take It Personally! explores all forms of rejection, where it comes from, and how to overcome the fear of it. Most of all, you’ll learn some terrific tools for stepping back from those overwhelming feelings. You’ll be able to allow space to make choices about how you respond. —Understand the effect that anxiety, frustration, hurt, and anger have on your interactions with others. —De-personalize your responses and establish safe personal boundaries that protect you from getting hurt. —Practice making choices about the thoughts you think and the ways you respond to stressful situations. —Understand and overcome fear of rejection in personal and work relationships.   Elayne Savage explores with remarkable sensitivity the myriad of rejection experiences we experience with friends, co-workers, lovers, and family. Because her original ideas have inspired readers around the world, Don’t Take It Personally! has been published in six languages.