Paul W. Swets

This guide provides you with practical, proven strategies for mastering the art of effective, persuasive communication—the skill most essential to your enjoyment of other people and the achievement of personal success.

Describes the special characteristics and problems of adolescence, stresses the importance of listening, and gives advice on making decisions handling major problems and resolving conflicts

Offers proven, practical suggestions to help build a strong, positive, lasting relationship with a teenager. It teaches the communication skills needed to survive with dozens of exercises and examples that show how to get even the worst reluctant teen to talk--and listen.

Drawing upon classic wisdom and new research in the psychology of well-being, FINDING HAPPINESS shows how to build friendships, overcome barriers to closeness, make a difference in people's lives, and face the future without anxiety. Relationship building is revealed by Dr. Paul Swets as a matter of making slight adjustments in the way you speak and how you listen. He defines what those changes ar

Snowden basketball had five losing seasons. School morale was low. Racial tension was high. Could five diverse guys learn to play as a team? Could they excite their classmates? Could they possibly win the basketball championship? The "Fab Five" were determined to try.

Everyone will die. Yet we rarely talk about death or what comes after death. One reason is that we don't know what the Scripture says about the coming glory. Paul Swets' father did know. As his father neared death, the family gathered around his bed and waited in silence. Suddenly, with unusual strength, Paul's father sat up in bed, clapped his hands, and with a shout of triumph said, “I'm dying!”