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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 155 EAN: 9780071381673 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0071381678 Label: McGraw-Hill Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: March 22, 2002 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Studio: McGraw-Hill Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: "Bernstein provides a field guide to the various types of Emotional Vampires and advises readers how to protect themselves from being victims of these predatory personalities."Boston Globe From bestselling author Albert J. Bernstein The author of Dinosaur Brains offers protection from people who seek to destroy the emotional and psychological well-being of others. Like the fabled demons, these vampires:
Emotional Vampires tells readers how to spot a "vampire" in their lives, which defense strategies to employ to prevent one from striking, and what to do if and when they find themselves under attack. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - wish it wasn't focused on work environmentsOverall, the information about these types of people is great. But the book focuses almost entirely on encountering these types in the work place, not in personal life. I deal with a histrionic cousin, who maintains her blond hair and Jaguar, while crying to me that she doesn't have enough money for food or medicine. Her non-stop need for me to take care of her has drained me. While I was able to get a lot of understanding from the chapter on histrionic vampires, I had to take the workplace solutions ... Read More Rating:  - Great bookI found this book to be very interesting and eye-opening. I was amazed to see some of the most difficult people in my life so perfectly described. I thought that the advice was helpful and the warnings about these folks well worth heeding. Rating: - Useful, Informative, Easy to ReadI came across this book when a close friend of mine ran into issues with a difficult person in her life. Some one gave her the book, and (because I read everything in sight!) I subsequently read it. It was very beneficial in explaining my relationship with my youngest son and in helping him understand me as well. I have tendencies toward the obsessive-compulsive side, while he tends toward the hystrionic. I credit this book with helping both of us to come to terms with our very different views of the ... Read More Rating: - Short, sweet and to the point...identify those energy thieves and breathe easier.People are not simple and it's challenging to manuever through days of endless interactions in this every day world. This book defines behaviors and then offers checklists so that you can identify basic motivation in others. Whether others are acting unconsciously or with intention, you have the tools to identify energy-robbing behaviors so that you can react with awareness or avoid the stinkers altogether. The reading is easy, well organized and easy to understand. I love the checklists...they are ... Read More Rating: - Emotional VampiresI found this book full of brilliant and profound insights all understated in a highly readable, metaphoric even poppy, humorous style. I suspect his insight is partly a gift, I doubt it can be entirely reduced to training or experience. The humor is one of the great pluses of the book, he makes people who are terrorising you seem ridiculous, a very good start toward being able to deal with them. The clarity and readability is a little deceptive, there is actually a huge amount of info crammed in that in ... Read More 
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