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Personality factor: Impulsivity

Most personality traits are present to some degree in all of us. ‘Impulsivity’ is one such trait — the degree to which we have difficulty refraining from acting on our impulses. If your Other has a history of impulsive violence, then she may be unable to tolerate the stress of the Dialogue without violent outburst. You may not wish to risk provoking physical violence. In particular, people who have been physically injured by their spouses or another individual in the past should probably not use the Method with that person. Instead, counselling and/or legal remedies are advised. Continue Reading »

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The Clashes arising from differences in most relationships can be managed satisfactorily by this Method. Some conflicts, however, lack certain requirements necessary for success.

Personality Factors

When involved in ‘personality clashes’, we often conclude that the conflict is irresolvable due to the Other’s personality — the Bad-Person Illusion. In truth, certain personality factors can indeed impinge on the Method, making it less effective. So, some relevant personality factors will be mentioned as we list the eight prerequisites. Continue Reading »

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“People are made up of 99% emotion and 1% reason. Take care of their hearts and their heads will follow”

Joy Madison

You arrive at work and turn on the machines - they work away day-in and day-out, producing a fixed quantity at a fixed quality. If they break down, it is simple to trace the problem and fix it. When your machines are old and fully depreciated, you simply replace them with new and improved models.

Your people are totally different - they can be complex, moody, temperamental, unpredictable and often secretive and insecure. They are known to report late, steal, break things, strike, sulk or just go slow. That’s just the way it is. And often it has a lot to do with the way you treat them. Continue Reading »

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David Mill, of specialist e-marketing agency MediaCo (www.media.co.uk), gives these best-practice guidelines for e-mail copy: You can read more detailed advice by David on copywriting and all aspects of online marketing in his book Content is King, which is also part of the E-marketing Essentials series (Mill, 2005).

Body Content

You have some 10 seconds to grab the attention of recipients after they have opened the message. Therefore, the content should: Continue Reading »

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