Verbal judo : the gentle art of persuasion

Format:

Audio disc

Title:

Verbal judo : the gentle art of persuasion

Author:

Thompson, George J. author

ISBN:

9781470860110

9781470860127

Edition:

Updated edition.

Unabridged.

Publication:

[Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., [2017]

Physical Description:

5 audio discs (6 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Unabridged.

Contents:

Introduction : communication as a noncontact sport -- 1. Birth of a communication samurai -- 2. Motivating the disagreeable -- 3. Baptism of fire -- 4. Taking crap with dignity, and style -- 5. The nice, the difficult, and the wimp -- 6. Eleven things never to say to anyone (and how to respond if some idiot says them to you) -- 7. The crucible of the street -- 8. The most powerful word in the English language -- 9. The greatest speech you'll ever live to regret -- 10. The only way to interrupt people and still have them love you -- 11. Verbal judo versus verbal karate -- 12. The five-step hard style -- 13. The first great communication art : representation -- 14. The second great communication art : translation -- 15. The third great communication art : mediation -- 16. What makes this all so difficult -- 17. Readin', 'ritin', and rhetoric -- 18. How to diagnose a verbal encounter -- 19. The language of reassurance -- 20. How to fight fair -- 21. Take the giant LEAPS -- 22. Applying LEAPS to your world -- 23. Persuasion for fun and profit -- 24. The misunderstood motivator -- 25. You can punish without drawing blood -- 26. Dancing when you might have stumbled -- 27. Verbal judo as an automatic response -- 28. Final chapter: The five truths that fit all.

Summary:

Verbal Judo is the classic guide to the martial art of the mind and mouth that can help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation.

Subject(s):

Interpersonal communication.

Persuasion (Rhetoric)

Persuasion (Psychology)

Influence (Psychology)

Social conflict.

Police training -- United States.

Geographic Term:

United States.

Genre:

Self-help publications.

Audiobooks.

Added Author:

Jenkins, Jerry B.

Szarabajka, Keith

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Salem Main Library	CD 153.6 Thompson 2017	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Silver Falls Library	CD 153.6 THOMPSON	Searching... Unknown

Bound With These Titles

On Order

Summary

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 respectedPeople would rather be asked than be toldPeople have a desire to know whyPeople prefer to have options over threatsPeople want to have a second chance

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.

Author Notes

Jerry B. Jenkins was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on September 23, 1949. He is the author of more than 175 books including the Left Behind series, Riven, Matthew's Story, The Last Operative, and The Brotherhood. He is also the former editor of Moody Magazine, and his writing has appeared in Reader's Digest, Parade, Guideposts, and dozens of Christian periodicals. He wrote the nationally syndicated sports story comic strip, Gil Thorp, from 1996-2004.

He owns Jenkins Entertainment, a filmmaking company in Los Angeles, which produced the critically-acclaimed movie Hometown Legend, based on his book of the same name. He also owns the Christian Writers Guild, which trains professional Christian writers. As a marriage and family author and speaker, he has been a frequent guest on Dr. James Dobson's Focus on the Family radio program.

(Bowker Author Biography)