Paul McGee 
SUMO Your Relationships [EPUB ebook] 
How to handle not strangle the people you live and work with

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

Table of Content

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

About the author

Paul Mc Gee is an international speaker, author and proud
creator of S.U.M.O. (Shut Up, Move On).

Paul’s main aim in life is to help others S.U.M.O., whilst having
plenty of fun in the process. He has spread the word about S.U.M.O.
in twenty five countries across the globe. Paul has also worked
with major organizations in both public and private sectors
worldwide including Glaxo-Smith Kline, Shell Chemicals and the NHS.
Paul is a founder member and Fellow of the Professional Speakers
Association, an elected Fellow of the Institute of Sales and
Marketing and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personal
Development.