CompleteMartialArts.com - How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable: Getting Your Point Across with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense
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Manufacturer: Wiley
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 153.6
EAN: 9780471157052
ISBN: 0471157058
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 1997-03
Publisher: Wiley
Studio: Wiley
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Editorial Reviews:
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As bestselling author Suzette Haden Elgin proves, you don't have to live your life on red alert. With her Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense techniques, you'll be able to respond clearly to hostile comments from others--or deliver necessary negative messages of your own--without sacrificing your dignity or principles. You'll learn to:
* Keep domestic disagreements from escalating
* Deliver criticism to coworkers, employers, or employees
* Handle aggressive, negative comments about race, politics, or religion
* Provide discipline without increasing hostility
* Use language that reduces tension and creates rapport in every situation
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Advice
Comment: Good info. It's helpful to hear how to deal with others without getting into a fight if that's what you want to do.
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Summary: Judo with words
Comment: This book is indispensable if you find yourself having to choose between being taken advantage of or being mean. It offers a perspective that allows one to identify verbal hostility and to respond to it in a way that preserves your own balance and can often lead to calming the entire situation and re-establishing connection. It's funny, practical, full of useful examples and a good framework for thinking about hostile language.
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Summary: Usefuk info but a difficult read
Comment: I found the messages in the book to be very useful, but the manner that it is communicated to be labored and somewhat academic. Thankfully the book is only 170 pages.
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Summary: Great!
Comment: This was actually the first book I read from Suzette Haden Elgin's series of books on the art of verbal self-defense. Very enjoyable and compelling read.
After discovering this book, naturally I also read her other books and was intrigued and continue to be intrigued by Emotional Intelligence and verbal self-defense techniques.
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Summary: A very practical book on handling everyday situations
Comment: How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable is the 12th book in the Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense series. The first three books present the general principles of the Gentle Art and how to use them to handle hostile language coming at you. The remaining books each deal with using these principles in specific situations. Each can stand alone and the ones I have read have been very relevant to their subject. In this book, Dr. Elgin discusses how to impart negative messages or criticism to others without increasing hostility in your language environment. The first part of the book deals with an overview of hostile language and its cost both to society and our personal lives. I thought this information was interesting because the way we use language is taken for granted and it is a fascinating idea that each one making deliberate and thoughtful changes in the way they use language can have a great positive influence in our world. The remainder of the book gives practical ways to pass on negative messages without resorting to hostile language or making an already difficult situation even more so. Where it is applicable, the different ways situations are handled by men and women are discussed. One of the things I appreciated most in this part of the book was the use of scenarios. These dialogues enabled me to see and hear both the way a particular situation is handled and how using that particular technique would be better. Since there are many occasions which require the passing of negative information, this is a very practical book and one I would recommend for everyone. As a volunteer reference librarian in a public library system, I think it would be a good addition to public libraries also.
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