SUMO Your Relationships

When it comes to relationships, reality rules. We'd all like to think of ourselves as everyone's best friend, but what's the truth? Are you a hero or a zero to other people? Do you see yourself as others really see you? Do you need to make a fresh deposit into your relationship account before you go overdrawn? S.U.M.O. Your Relationships will help you manage, maintain, grow and move on, in your key relationships with others and yourself. At some point in your life you are going to have to deal with difficult relationships, whether it's with a colleague, parent, friend or partner. Isn't it time you did a stock take of your relationships and started making the best of them? S.U.M.O. Your Relationships has pit stops, pearls of wisdom and all the humour and inspiration you need to make the key changes in your life.  You will discover the seven S.U.M.O. realities followed by seven insights to help light the way to a brighter future. PRAISE FOR S.U.M.O. YOUR RELATIONSHIPS "This book is full of wisdom, common sense and practical ideas on improving relationships. An essential read." —ALLAN PEASE, Co-author of THE DEFINITIVE BOOK OF BODY LANGUAGE and WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN AND WOMEN CAN'T READ MAPS

SUMO Appreciation ix Introduction 1 Welcome to Part One 7 The Seven Sumo Realities 1 Reality Rules 9 2 E + R = O 17 3 A Bit About the Beachball 27 4 Stress Makes You Stupid 39 5 Investment Pays 51 6 Give Yourself the VIP Treatment 63 7 Beware of Light Bulbs 79 Welcome to Part Two 87 The Seven Insights and Seven Characters 1 Arouse Your Attitude 89 The Ditherer 97 2 Humility Helps 109 The Commander 123 3 Listen Loud 135 The Hijacker 145 4 Excel in Encouragement 155 The Awfuliser 169 5 Express Your Expectations 179 The Happy 191 6 Positivity Pays 199 The Whinger 209 7 Confront with Care 219 The Swinger 233 SUMO Into Action 243 Personal Postscript 249 What Was Your SUMO Takeaway? 253 Bring the SUMO Guy to Your Organisation 255 Appendix A Overview of the Six SUMO Principles 257 Appendix B The Seven SUMO Questions 261 Index 263