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  • Identifying and Dealing with Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other High-Conflict Personalities
  • Written by: Bill Eddy
  • Narrated by: Tom Parks
  • Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (140 ratings)

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5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life

Written by: Bill Eddy
Narrated by: Tom Parks
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Publisher's Summary

Some difficult people aren't just hard to deal with - they're dangerous.

Do you know someone whose moods swing wildly? Do they act unreasonably suspicious or antagonistic? Do they blame others for their own problems?

When a high-conflict person has one of five common personality disorders - borderline, narcissistic, paranoid, antisocial, or histrionic - they can lash out in risky extremes of emotion and aggression. And once an HCP decides to target you, they're hard to shake.

But there are ways to protect yourself. Using empathy-driven conflict management techniques, Bill Eddy, a lawyer and therapist with extensive mediation experience, will teach you to:

  • Spot warning signs of the five high-conflict personalities in others and in yourself.
  • Manage relationships with HCPs at work and in your private life.
  • Safely avoid or end dangerous and stressful interactions with HCPs.

Filled with expert advice and real-life anecdotes, 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life is an essential guide to helping you escape negative relationships, build healthy connections, and safeguard your reputation and personal life in the process. And if you have a high-conflict personality, this book will help you help yourself.

©2018 Bill Eddy (P)2018 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Extremely useful for work and persona life!

Wow. I got this book on Audible for only $2.00, and I would have been willing to pay $20 if I had known how useful this would be. We have all dealt with people with high-conflict personalities at work and personally. When you can't avoid them, this book helps you identify them and approach them in a constructive manner. It is short, clear, and with very practical tips. Some useful points I learned included:
1. Characteristics of a high conflict personality: All or nothing thinking, intense emotions, extreme behaviour and threats, blaming others.
2. The interaction between HCPs and personality disorders.
3. Dealing with HCPs: BIFF - brief, informative, friendly and firm.
4. The CARS approach to working with HCPs: Connect with empathy, attention & respect, Analyze alternatives and options, Respond to misinformation and hostility, Set limits on high-conflict behaviour.

I will likely use the methods described in this book for the rest of my working life, although hopefully not often. I would highly recommend this book!

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Kinda a waste of money

Repative, could be an article but is kinda just dragged out into a book

The guy reading it did a good job!

Nothing really of note was said

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A must!

After being in an abusive relationship I wanted to learn about behaviours. After listening to it, I will buy it. It mentions so many important things. Not only describes the personalities but teaches you how to deal with them. Loved this book! The narrator does an amazing job as well.

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Very informative

Straight to the point, short and easy to follow. Diction is a little monotonous but information is worth the listen.

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Outstanding

I was fully engaged while listening to the author of this book!! I learned a lot about how to handle different people who have high conflict personalities.

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A good book

Lots of repetition. However, listing will defenitly educate you on how to spot an HCP's

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Excellent

Excellent insight into peoples behavior. well worth the listen. you actually feel like you learned something when you finished

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This book is a must read

This book has information everyone should be aware of, for ourselves, loved ones and all of society.

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Very informative

It describes 5 highly complex personalities in great details, explaining how to deal or not to deal with them.
It gives very intuitive tools to recognize these personalities that we might encounter, or had already encountered in our lives.

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Fascinating Book

A fantastic listen. Easy to understand and follow. Great if you have to deal with many different types of people.

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