- Paperback: 222 pages
- Publisher: Quill; Reprint edition (Mar 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060577657
- ISBN-13: 978-0060577650
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 14 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 133,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A philosophy that shows readers how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter; listen and speak more effectively; engage people through empathy; avoid common conversational disasters; and use a proven, easily remembered strategy to communicate point of view and take the upper hand in most disputes.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I noticed the reviewers highly recommend this book for law enforcement personnel and I agree it is probably very useful for them, but I also think this book is helpful to a much wider audience. As a school counselor, I have applied the principles in this book in many situations with students and parents which might have escalated into dangerous confrontations. I believe anyone working with the public could benefit from Mr. Thompson's ideas.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an essential tool for law enforcement personnel. Although the author has not spent enough time in the law enforcement field to be considered an expert, he has lived long enough in this world to be classified an expert in life. This book has brought me closer with understanding the individuals who I have to deal with everyday. I would recomend this book to anyone remotely associated with the law enforcement profession.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book basically tells and desmonstrate to you with examples that there is a way to handle negative verbal communication without losing control. Although most of the examples are of a police officer's day-to-day experience in handling difficult situations, but you can definitely apply to your own difficult verbal interactions. With this knowledge i can deal with difficult verbal interactions much more effectively in my daily life now, the more i apply the skills the better i get.
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A great communications tool
I was swayed to buy this book by the synopsis, which read (in part) that I could "take the upper hand in disputes". Read more
Published 17 days ago by Jonathan Carruthers
Brilliant book
This is one of the classics in the field of verbal conflict communications. It has a lot of good information that can (with a little thought) be applied to a wide variety of... Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. Agar-Hutton
Common Sense that's hard to find
Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art fo Persuasion is a decent grounding in some of the hard to find commmon sense methods of reducing conflict in verbal encounters and persuading someone... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Galaktia
A lot of waffle..
This book pretty much is about particular 'situations' where choice of words became an important factor in affecting the outcome (past tense). Read more
Published 12 months ago by Tomme Barz
Superb book for a variety of situations
I bought this book for two reasons, one was to help me at work but the second and main reason was to give me some new tools to diffuse potentially volatile situations in my martial... Read more
Published 17 months ago by www.selfdefenceblog.com
Excellent reading!
Very good book - highly recommended - especially if you have friends/colleagues/family who you find it difficult to talk to cos they've got attitude or say things like "That's just... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Smidgett
Very educational
Very interesting to read but need a lot of practice after reading the book. Going to Krav Maga exercise will give you 100% confident. Promise!!!
Published on 31 July 2008 by Mrs. J. A. Fahey
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