Holiday Hot Buttons - Keep Your Cool during Yule!

Author and conflict resolution expert, Sybil Evans, provides insight and tips on how to get through the hectic holiday season.

Stress quadruples as we hit the holiday season -- and along with stress comes outbursts of uncontrolled anger and conflict with others. Harried holiday shopping, hectic social calendars, and provocations from family, colleagues and strangers can make everyone lose his patience and temper.

Holidays can bring out the worst in us," says Sybil Evans, author of HOT BUTTONS: How To Resolve Conflict And Cool Everyone Down. Its important that we prepare ourselves for the major irritations that rush in along with the holiday joy. When you can anticipate what will set you off, you can plan how to change your reaction BEFORE the encounter, then, you meet aggravations head on with honesty and humor instead of reflexive fury. "

BE PREPARED! Some Tips on How to Diffuse Those
Holiday Hot Buttons

Know your limits!
If you can't bear crowds and long lines, lose them. Avoid Shopping Rage" by visiting stores at very early hours or shopping on the Internet.

Know your family!
Does your mother-in-law always criticize your Thanksgiving dinner? Invite her to bring her favorite dish to share. You cut down your own workload and she feels happy because you value her contribution.

Know your coworkers!
Does your office mate celebrate Kwanza? Respect the diversity of everyones holiday and things will go much more smoothly at the office.

Known as The Conflict Coach(sm), Sybil Evans is founder and president of Sybil Evans Associates. One of the leading experts on conflict and diversity in the United States, her skills in solving conflict and anger resolution within business and family relationships is unmatched. Just try her proven 5-step formula and youll emerge from the holidays unscathed.

HOT BUTTONS, now out in paperback, is filled with conflict resolution strategies for home and the workplace. With practical examples and simple techniques, readers can easily become anger-control experts in just a few days.

HOT BUTTONS is available nationally in bookstores, at Internet retailers or at www.SybilEvans.com.

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