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Pros & Cons
Pros
George thompson is very knowledgeable about defusing violent situations. Small lightweight book for travelling, bathroom reading.
Cons
If the author in any way has religious fundamentalist beliefs, that casts massive doubt on his character and motivations. There are some tidbits of interesting perspectives and anecdotes included, but most of it is forgettable and likely not as useful... Read More
Getting to yes is a bullet list of five maxims for being persuasive. The author makes it very, very known that he was a cop. Maybe this is why there is a shoot first, ask questions later mentality with police around the us.
But when it comes to tips/advice/execution, its only about three sentences throughout the entire book that benefited me. Read a book about actual judo - or better yet, jiujitsu - and then think about ways to use those concepts verbally.
Highlights
Quality
Super effective points that are easy to utilize and adapt to life.
The techniques are easy to understand and apply, making it possible to see immediate improvements in how you handle conflicts.
This is an older edition, but the quality seems quite good.
I would have found more practical examples useful to feel more "trained" and better prepared to attempt the principles and tact... Read More
Competitiveness
While other books share similar techniques, thompson’s “boots on the ground” perspective surpasses other books that instruct on... Read More
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- This product had a total of 5,187 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 8 2024.
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This will be good for people who do crisis intervention hostage negotiation or talking down someone who has lost their rational balance
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If you are in the customer service business you need to read this book
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Although the book is very useful and practical some of the chapters strayed a bit from the main topic and felt disorganized
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Additionally some techniques may be difficult to apply without a certain amount of practice and experience
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Some reader might object to the authors unrepentent use of lists and acronyms i found that if you just ignore the list and acronym format and concentrate on the content youll get every bit of the benefit of the text
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Ive purchased at least 4 copies of this book over the years because ive loaned it out to people and just told them to pass it on to others that might benefit from it
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Now that i have read and listen to this book i have already started to use some of the strategies and had an positive outcome instead of strong tensed conversations with poor results
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Ive bought multiple copies over the years to help out co workers and friends
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