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Talk To Me: Communication Moves To Get Along With Anyone

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Dr. O'Grady shares his insightful approach to improving communication, and consequently relationships, in Talk To Me. The Talk to Me system has taught me how to have a better relationship with my self as well as with those around me. Destructive and ineffective communication habits once caused me to ruin many opportunities for happiness. Now, I produce good results for myself.

Dr. Ogrady's Talk to me addresses different communicator styles and gives communcating partners valuable tips and tools to proceed to successfully complete effective and meaningful dialogue. Talk to me bridges egos and competitive behaviors to get to the heart of the communication message.

In his book, Talk To Me, Dr. O'Grady takes a central idea about people being Empathizers or Instigators and uses it as a jumping off place to indroduce many profound insights into communication and relationships. While reading about seeming opposites, I was introduced to observations about relationships and communication in a much broader and deeper way than is typical of popular psychology books. O'Grady has a gift for conversational "fun" prose that pulled me in and made me feel like he was talking to me personally, not above or below. He avoids negative labeling which I found impressive. And by the way, I loved the apple/orange cover.

This book introduces and describes a new theory in communication. If you take the time to read and apply the concepts, it really works. It changed some of my perceptions and helped me keep some of my communication biases at bay. I would recommend this book for anyone who is interested in being a better communicator and happier individual. The concepts work in business, home and at play, but especially in relationships.

Disclosure: I've known Dennis O'Grady nearly 30 years and have worked with him on other book projects before as an editor. I just wish he'd had written this one FIRST. If you're having problems or scratching your head over any relationship -- with children, spouses, friends, coworkers, teens, etc. -- you gotta read this book. It's that simple. Light bulbs go off. "OHMYGOSH!...THAT's what that was about!!!" thoughts start running through your mind. You truly begin to understand why you think/behave/act the way you do, AND why the people around you think/behave/act differently than you (or the same as). Truly, truly....it's an eye-opener kind of book, one they ought to give to teen-agers in high school and everyone who's thinking about getting married and prospective employees and political candidates and ministers and counselors and....well, you get the message. Do yourself a favor. Just pick it up and read it. And learn about yourself...which is the whole point of this wild ride called life, right?