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| Acknowledgments | |
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| "Where was this Book When I, Like, Needed It?" | |
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| Introduction: Rules, Posers and Speaking a Foreign Language | |
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| Need-to-Knows: The Unspoken Rules-In Bullet Points | |
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| How Not to Make a Light Bulb: Why Everything is Hard Before It is Easy | |
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| The Potty-Training Rule: Knowing When a Thank-You is Expected | |
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| So You Noticed a Kindness: The Technicalities of Thank You | |
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| Quotealicious | |
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| I'm Sorry: The Hardest Words to Say | |
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| The "Perseverance" of "Perserverance": Being Right vs. Being Included | |
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| Perfectly Imperfect: Congratulations, You're Human | |
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| But I Wasn't Laughing: Laughing with You vs. Laughing at You | |
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| Quotealicious | |
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| Poof! You're Interesting! Being Interesting by Being Interested | |
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| Mirror! Mirror! Reflect, Reflect, Reflect | |
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| You're Welcome: The Power of Compliments | |
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| Quotealicious | |
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| Broken Spaghetti: The Benefits of Thinking Like a Wet Noodle | |
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| Boiling the Pasta: How to Make that Flexible Thinking Thing Happen | |
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| You've Got to Hold the Pillow: Why Criticism Matters | |
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| Take a Breath and Watch the Hammer: Knowing How to Handle Criticism | |
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| Speak in Sandwiches and Make Suggestions: Knowing How to Give Good Feedback | |
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| Quotealicious | |
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| Unfiltered: White Lies and Trust | |
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| Tact and the Triple-Filter: How Honest is Too Honest? | |
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| Literally? What They Actually Mean | |
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| Do I Need an Umbrella or an Ark? Sorting Mountains from Molehills | |
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| Temper, Temper: There Will Be More Apple Juice Tomorrow | |
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| Quotealicious | |
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| The Science of a Greek Goddess: Hygeia, Aphrodite and Why They Were Such Good Pals | |
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| Traveling by Bubble: Transparent Boundaries That Only NTs See | |
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| Choices and Tactics: How to Recognize a Friend | |
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| Who's Who, What's What: Friendship Levels and Cling Wrap | |
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| Quotealicious | |
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| Standing Up Straight: Self-Advocacy, Anger Band-Aids and Being Heard | |
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| Talking to Myself: Inner Dialogues and Old Tapes | |
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| Likes, Tweets and Texts: Netiquette Need-to-Knows | |
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| The Loveliest Curve and an Open Door: Beauty and Chivalry are Alive and Well | |
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| There's More for Dinner than Mashed Potatoes: Missing the Bigger Picture | |
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| Wedgies, Tattletales and Queen Bees: Taking Your Power Back from Bullies | |
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| Through the Looking Glass: Laughing at Yourself without Being a Laughingstock | |
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| Stickies (Little Nuggets of Aspie Truth-Sticky-Note-Sized) | |
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| Practice Sessions | |
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| Stick a Fork in It-We're Done: AKA The Conclusion | |
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| Resources You Will Actually Want to Use. Really | |
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| References | |