Skip to Content
Talking to Crazy
book

Talking to Crazy

by Mark Goulston
October 2015
Beginner to intermediate
272 pages
5h 41m
English
AMACOM
Content preview from Talking to Crazy

 

chapter 29

The Four H’s and Four R’s

Rebuilding a Personal Relationship After an Irrational Person Breaks It

Sometimes irrational people will momentarily upset or annoy you. When this happens, it’s pretty easy for you to get past it.

Sometimes, however, these people wound you deeply. And that’s especially true when they’re the people closest to you: your parents, children, or life partners. In this case, you can wind up broken. Something that was whole within you—your trust, your self-esteem, your reputation, your spirit—has been damaged by the person’s actions. As a result, you may be consumed by anger. And I understand that, totally. I’ve been there myself.

But here’s the thing: This anger hurts you a lot more than it hurts the other person. ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Be a Great Problem Solver – Now!

Be a Great Problem Solver – Now!

Adrian Reed
What's Your Problem?

What's Your Problem?

Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
Advance

Advance

Gary Burnison

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780814436370