Jamie Keller has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.2★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is 28 Basic Rules of Small Talk and Conversation: For Asperger's Syndrome, Schizoid Personality Disorder, OCPD, and Introverts.
28 Basic Rules of Small Talk and Conversation: For Asperger's Syndrome, Schizoid Personality Disorder, OCPD, and Introverts
Summary
You may watch in awe as others participate in small talk and casual conversation, but you have no idea how to go about it. There must be rules and specific behaviors that are expected during small talk. You struggle to understand the skills that are necessary in order to initiate, participate in and end a conversation in the manner that others do. If this describes you, then you might find this guide useful! In this book, we will discuss the different rules of engagement when you are conversing with others in a small talk situation. We will tailor the rules in easy steps for those who feel socially inept or awkward. The book is written to target any skill level and to improve social skills at any age. We will explain what to do when you are uncomfortable or when there is an uncomfortable silence. We will explain how to exit the conversation at the end without giving others the impression that you are bored or boring. We will give you ways to communicate with others so that they experience you as being a great conversationalist and a good listener. As with anything, engaging in conversation and small talk is a skill that needs to be practiced over and over until you start to get the hang of it. By using these easy to master skills listed in this guide, you will be able to invite yourself into a conversation and participate, which will start to build your confidence with each successful step in interacting with others. People aren't naturally born with socializing skills - every baby must learn them from their role models and their caregivers in the early parts of their life. Small talk skills are just like learning skills to ride a bike or to tie your shoelaces! But it's never too late to get started!
©2015 Jamie Keller (P)2015 Jamie Keller
Narcissism Epidemic: How to Get Revenge on a Malignant and Malicious Narcissist
Summary
It is said that there is a narcissism epidemic currently happening. The news is filled with people who harm others on a daily basis. They take advantage of others for reasons of greed, manipulation, and advancement. They are object-oriented, and they seem to treat people in the same way that they would treat an ant: cold and indifferent. Many of my listeners are subjected to one or more narcissists on a daily basis. They write to me with many different questions revolving around dealing with the narcissist in their life. If a person is intuitive, introspective and analytical, they can become adept at dealing with narcissists in any walk of life. They can become a sort of expert in interacting with narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths so that they avoid ultimate harm. A person who experiences insult and injury should advance into self-protective modes when a narcissist or sociopath is around. We are wired to scan our environment for dangers, and then to react in appropriate ways to reduce the amount of danger to ourselves. The problem is that many of us have broken sensors. We have had so much trauma and poor experiences in our lives that we stop looking for positive people and positive experiences. We fall into a trap where we begin to settle for people who are lower on the food chain. We marry beneath us instead of striving to find a partner who is healthy, supportive, and uplifting. We don't demand more of our friends. As a society, we have become wimpy in challenging others who do not meet our expectations that we have set for ourselves. We are told to 'be nice', and thus we be nice to all the wrong people. While we are all on high-alert for dangers, those who have been exposed on a regular basis to narcissists and psychopaths become desensitized in their ability to detect healthy and unhealthy people. If we were raised by self-absorbed parents, we don't think twice about dating a self-absorbed mate.
©2016 Jamie Keller (P)2016 Jamie Keller
Narcissist and his Negativistic Worldview
Summary
Many narcissists go through life on autopilot. They spew words of disdain and dissatisfaction everywhere they go. This spewing is often a recording of whatever the negativistic adults around him said when the narcissist was a child. He memorized racial attacks, bullying from the adults to subordinates, movie quotes where one person was bullying another, and offensive language that others used around him. The narcissist uses the slang that his equally harsh friends used when they bullied others, or the nasty words his siblings used to taunt him when he was a youngster. Narcissists hate their own life. They hate that they have never fit in. They hate that they were bullied as youngsters. They hate that they were left behind or abandoned by many. They hate that they got bad grades in school. They hate that they flunked out of college. They hate that members of the opposite sex didn't give them enough attention. They hate that they have a long list of failed relationships, or that they could never get any relationships started at all. Narcissists hate that they can't live up to the expectations of others. Heck, they can't even live up to their own expectations. They hate that their parents are disappointed in them. They hate that they can't sustain meaningful friendships or relationships anywhere they go. They hate that the adults around them always had expectations that were just out of their reach. They hate that they weren't allowed to play football because of a hovering or over-protective parent. They hate that everything wasn't served up to them on a silver platter.
©2017 Jamie Keller (P)2017 Jamie Keller
18 Truths You Must Know About Manipulative People
Summary
You may not want to admit it, but manipulative people are everywhere. The manipulator in your life could be your neighbor, your boss, or your coworker. It could even be your child or your spouse. Like it or not, we sometimes succumb to the whims of manipulators. If we do not educate and protect ourselves, we even become victimized by manipulators. They are sometimes extraordinarily difficult to detect. It is even harder to determine what their motives are, and where their limits are. Most people want to trust other people to some extent. We don't enjoy being paranoid or having to check up on another person. This is particularly true if the manipulators in your life are adults. We want to believe that everyone has grown up. We want other people to earn our trust. We want to believe that people are trustworthy, genuine, friendly and honest. Once you have been taken advantage of by a manipulator, it shakes your own sense of emotional and mental wellbeing. You begin to wonder if other people cannot be trusted. You may become hypervigilant toward the person who victimized you, constantly searching for other signs that they will hurt you again. This causes extreme stress and discomfort, especially in the lives of those who are prone to experiencing anxiety when their environment and those around them are not predictable. This audiobook will dispel many truths about manipulative people that you may not have known. It will open your eyes to their tactics, their motives, and their psychological states. The author has firsthand experience with some of the best manipulators out there. She has used wisdom gained over four decades of experience and a significant amount of information about manipulators. Armed with this information, you can better assess the situations that you are in. You can make informed decisions, learn when to trust, and how to cope with the manipulators' tactics. Download now to listen!
©2016 Jamie Keller (P)2016 Jamie Keller