Apr 20

Four Reasons You Might Choose To Be A Victim of A Difficult Person

The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Handling Difficult Employees, released in June, 2000, and written by Robert Bacal is written for people who work with difficult employees. While the book presents solutions from the manager’s point of view, the principles and realities presented in the book are sure to help anyone stuck with working with a difficult employee. Coming in in excess of 300 pages, it is a hands-on practical guide, with just enough theory to help you make intelligent decisions about how to handle those difficult people.

We’ve provided some chapter excerpts and table of contents for your convenience.

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Apr 20

Two Vid Book Reviews On Science for Laypeople

For years I’ve been concerned that we do not equip our children or adults to discriminate between legitimate science and pseudo-science, so that people can protect themselves from forming inaccurate interpretations of what they are told is “scientific”.

In the video below, Joanne Manaster reviews two books written for lay people about good and bad science. One is called Bad Science, by Ben Goldacre, and Lies, Damned Lies and Science, by Sherry Seethaler.

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