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Verbal Judo, Updated Edition

The Gentle Art of Persuasion

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When you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you're in control.

Verbal Judo is the classic guide to the martial art of the mind and mouth that can help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation, whether you're talking to a boss, a spouse, or even a teenager. For more than a generation, Dr. George J. Thompson's essential handbook has taught people how to communicate more confidently and persuasively in any situation. Verbal Judo shows you how to listen and speak more effectively, engage others through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies to successfully express your point of view - and take the lead in most disputes.

This updated edition includes a new foreword and a chapter featuring Dr. Thompson's five universal truths of human interaction:

  • People feel the need to be respected
  • People would rather be asked than be told
  • People have a desire to know why
  • People prefer to have options over threats
  • People want to have second chances

Stop being frustrated and misunderstood. Stop finding yourself on the losing end of an argument. With Verbal Judo you'll be able to have your say - and say what you mean.

©2010 George J. Thompson (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Great use of personal storys. Lots of great ideas, explained well and in plain language but not dumbed down. Will have to listen again in the future. Entertaining to listen to and voice feels natural and fits the written voice.

Useful and Entertaining

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If i could go around suggesting books, this would be one of my top picks.

Engaging and memorable. Unlike a lot of other personal development books, this one doesn't over repeat and has so much wisdom and info neatly packed into each chapter.

The narrator fit the job perfectly too.

Great Book

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Read it before, great to refresh knowledge.
Great for working with the public, and dealing with all sorts of conflict.

Excellent framework for communication

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Lots of good excellent content, lots of material, it makes me want to buy the hard copy.

Good stories that put situations in context.

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The title came highly recommended by numerous podcasts in the health care space. upon listening, I realized I probably already do half of the things mentioned but now I have a name to call these strategies by and talk about them to others with.

A great read if you ever deal with people.

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