How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide Audiobook (Free)
- Peter Boghossian
- 6 h 37 min
- Hachette Book Group USA
- 2019-09-17
Summary:
‘This is a self-help book on how to argue effectively, conciliate, and carefully persuade. The authors admit to setting it up wrong in their personal past conversations. One at a time, I recognize the same errors in me. The globe will be a better place if everyone read this book.’ — Richard Dawkins, writer of Research in the Spirit and Outgrowing God
In our current political climate, it seems impossible to have a affordable conversation with whoever has a different opinion. Whether you’re on-line, in a about how exactly to Have Difficult Conversations: AN EXTREMELY Practical Guide class, an office, a town hall — or simply hoping to complete a family dinner with a stubborn relative — dialogue shuts down when perspectives clash. Heated debates frequently lead to insults and shaming, preventing any chance for effective discourse. Everyone seems to be on a hair trigger.
In How to Have Impossible Discussions, Peter Boghossian and Wayne Lindsay guide you through the straightforward, useful, conversational techniques necessary for every effective conversation — whether the issue is environment change, religious beliefs, gender identity, race, poverty, immigration, or gun control. Boghossian and Lindsay show the subtle art of instilling uncertainties and opening minds. They cover from learning the fundamentals for good discussions to achieving expert-level ways to cope with hardliners and extremists. This book is the manual everyone needs to foster a climate of civility, connection, and empathy.
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