S.U.M.O. Your Relationships: How to Handle Not Strangle the People You Live and Work With

When it comes to relationships, reality rules. We'd all like to think of ourselves as everyone's best friend, but what's the truth? Are you a hero or a zero to other people? Do you see yourself as others really see you? Do you need to make a fresh deposit into your relationship account before you go overdrawn? S.U.M.O. Your Relationships will help you manage, maintain, grow and move on, in your key relationships with others and yourself. At some point in your life you are going to have to deal with difficult relationships, whether it's with a colleague, parent, friend or partner. Isn't it time you did a stock take of your relationships and started making the best of them? S.U.M.O. Your Relationships has pit stops, pearls of wisdom and all the humour and inspiration you need to make the key changes in your life. You will discover the seven S.U.M.O. realities followed by seven insights to help light the way to a brighter future. PRAISE FOR S.U.M.O. YOUR RELATIONSHIPS "This book is full of wisdom, common sense and practical ideas on improving relationships. An essential read." --ALLAN PEASE, Co-author of THE DEFINITIVE BOOK OF BODY LANGUAGE and WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN AND WOMEN CAN'T READ MAPSThe EPUB format of this title may not be compatible for use on all handheld devices. SUMO Your Relationships......Page 1 SUMO Appreciation......Page 11 Introduction......Page 13 Welcome to Part One......Page 19 1 Reality Rules......Page 21 2 E + R = O......Page 29 3 A Bit About the Beachball......Page 39 4 Stress Makes You Stupid......Page 51 5 Investment Pays......Page 63 6 Give Yourself the VIP Treatment......Page 75 7 Beware of Light Bulbs......Page 91 Welcome to Part Two......Page 99 7 Arouse Your Attitude......Page 101 The Ditherer......Page 109 2 Humility Helps......Page 121 The Commander......Page 135 3 Listen Loud......Page 147 The Hijacker......Page 157 4 Excel In Encouragement......Page 167 The Awfuliser......Page 181 5 Express Your Expectations......Page 191 The Happy......Page 203 6 Positivity Pays......Page 211 The Whinger......Page 221 7 Confront With Care......Page 231 The Swinger......Page 245 SUMO Into Action......Page 255 Personal Postscript......Page 261 What Was Your SUMO Takeaway?......Page 265 Bring the SUMO Guy to Your Organisation......Page 267 Appendix A: Overview of the Six SUMO Principles......Page 269 Appendix B: The Seven SUMO Questions......Page 273 Index......Page 275 The book offers advice on how to manage, maintain, grow and move on, in key relationships with others