Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (682 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814414036 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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An absolutely amazing book! DizzyStar This book is fantastic. I am still in the process of reading it, but already I have taken many tips from the book and incorporated them into my life with amazing results.Understand that the lessons in this book start with changing YOUR behavior and analyzing yourself. Be prepared to consider the idea of your own biases and how they also impact your ability to listen or communicate with others. It is somewhat humbling, but i. Very practical and useful book stardust Highly recommend to people that questing peaceful life both inward and outward. Understanding ourselves is something we usually underestimated of the importance, we all have the ache to be touched and understood, more so to be appreciated. This book walks you through by steps and by zoned in and zoned out pictures of what is going on between a relationship dynamic. It made things seem a lot easier and would do you much more. FCRichelieu said Just Read. This is one of the most useful self-help book that I have come across on the subject of communication. It lives up to its appealing title, but the "secret to getting through to absolutely anyone" does not come in an enormous volume. It is long enough to cover, but short enough to be interesting.The author, Dr Goulston (evidently a true pro in psychiatry, counselling, negotiation, crises intervention, etc) presents his princ
Just Listen reveals how to: • Make a powerful and positive first impression • Listen effectively • Make even a total stranger—a potential client, perhaps—feel “felt” • Talk an angry or aggressive person away from an instinctual, unproductive reaction and toward a more rational mindset • Achieve buy-in, the linchpin of all persuasion, negotiation, sales, and more Getting through is a fine art but a critical one. Whether the person is a harried colleague, a stressed-out client, or an insecure spouse, things will go from bad to worse if you can’t break through emotional barricades. Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist, business consultant, and coach, and backed by the latest scientific research, author Mark Goulston shares simple but powerful techniques readers can use to really get through to people—whether they’re coworkers, friends, strangers, or enemies. Foreword by Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone and Who’s Got Your Ba
From Publishers Weekly Goulston (Get Out of Your Own Way at Work) returns with a primer on dealing with hard-to-reach people in virtually every scenario—defiant executives, angry employees, families in turmoil, warring couples—through use of well-honed psychological techniques. Negotiating intractable situations is like driving up a steep hill, he posits, but most of us make the mistake of creating more resistance by shifting up; downshift, and you get control, he writes. His Persuasion Cycle filters illustrative snippets from counseling sessions during which he digs into an impressive bag of tricks—Magic Paradox, Impossibility Question, Empathy Jolt—techniques like martial arts moves: potent on their own, but