Book Review:  A Long Way Down

Warning:  This book surrounds the premise of suicide and one of the main characters was imprisoned for having sex with a minor.

A story of four people who befriend each other when they attempt suicide on New Years Eve.  The writing captivated me.  The story was told as if each character was talking directly to the reader…in brain dump style (rambling on about what happened, as if trying to figure out where to go/what to do).

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Situation, Behavior, Impact (SBI)™ Tool

In Melody Wilding’s book, Trust Yourself:  Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work, she has a chapter on “Channel Emotions Into An Advantage.”  Have you ever found yourself in a situation at work that has you so emotionally upset you are afraid of responding for fear that you would yell, or worse, cry?

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