You know which call it is. The one you've been putting off for a week, a month, maybe longer. The doctor's office. The collections agency. The family member you need to be honest with. The friend you owe a real conversation. It sits on your mental list, and every day you don't make it, the list gets a little heavier.
Dial Anyway is a practical guide to 55 of the most avoided phone calls in adult life - the ones we skip out of shame, fear, or plain uncertainty about what we're even allowed to ask for. We tell ourselves we need the perfect words before we dial. We almost never find them. And the call almost always goes better than we feared.
Each of the 55 guides takes on one specific call. Not a script to memorize, but a framework for the conversation: exactly what to say, how to handle the moment it goes sideways, and what to do once you hang up. The guides are written in plain language, for real people in the middle of real situations, across six areas of life - Medical and Health; Mental Health and Substance Use; Money and Financial; Work and Employment; Family and Relationships; and Legal, Housing, and Consumer.
Avoidance isn't a character flaw. It's a predictable response to discomfort and the fear that a call will be harder than it turns out. Most of these are shorter than you expect. Most go better than you fear.
Find the call you've been avoiding. Read the guide. Dial anyway.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Da: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. Codice articolo I-9798995935285
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware. Codice articolo 9798995935285
Quantità: 2 disponibili