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Everyone Is Difficult|Peter Vennor

Everyone Is Difficult : The Psychology of Bad Behaviour and the Art of Not Making It Worse

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Overview

Some people are hard work.

Unfortunately, one of them may be you.

A colleague turns a simple question into a courtroom drama. A partner says "nothing is wrong" while radiating the opposite. A manager asks for initiative, then supervises every breath.

It is tempting to conclude that difficult behaviour belongs to difficult people. But reasonable people become controlling, defensive, avoidant, passive-aggressive, competitive, or impossible to talk to when something important feels threatened.

Everyone Is Difficult reveals what bad behaviour is often trying to protect, and what to do before an ordinary disagreement becomes a full-scale human incident.

With sharp humour, psychological insight, and practical guidance, Peter Vennor shows you how to:

- recognise the hidden pressure beneath difficult behaviour
- stop feeding arguments that are already out of control
- respond more effectively to defensive, controlling, avoidant, and combative people
- say what needs to be said without making the situation worse
- set firm boundaries without becoming needlessly aggressive
- repair conversations after you have handled them badly
- recognise when the difficult person in the room is you

This is not another system for sorting humanity into neat personality types. It will not ask you to excuse manipulation, tolerate intimidation, or believe that every relationship can be saved by finding the perfect sentence.

It is a practical field guide to conflict, misunderstanding, boundaries, and the strange things people do when they feel threatened.

Readable, useful, and uncomfortably recognisable, Everyone Is Difficult will help you become easier to live with, harder to provoke, and much better at dealing with everyone else.

Because bad behaviour is human.

Making it worse is optional.

This item is Non-Returnable

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9798184444598
  • ISBN-10: 9798184444598
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publish Date: June 2026
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.56 pounds
  • Page Count: 186

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