tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614043043842014439.post2638676195143357303..comments2024-02-12T11:33:46.548-10:00Comments on Jacksonesque: A Crucial ConversationMarikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110357429393082121noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614043043842014439.post-15174837863819914922009-06-22T09:58:18.354-10:002009-06-22T09:58:18.354-10:00WOW! I am so putting that book on my list of summ...WOW! I am so putting that book on my list of summer reading. MAHALO! <br /><br />I missed you, btw!The Crash Test Dummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16893801583172018597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614043043842014439.post-92117375546258861042009-06-21T18:15:27.650-10:002009-06-21T18:15:27.650-10:00I've been meaning to read this book; I know my...I've been meaning to read this book; I know my mom and a couple of my siblings have highly recommended it. Thanks for the further recommendation.<br /><br />I *have* read a book called The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense that has occasionally come in very handy. We used its recommendations to help my husband defuse an email correspondence with a guy he was consulting for when it started to go south. The guy seemed baffled by my husband's sudden switch to a non-confrontational (but communicative) tone, but baffled is so much better than furious/escalating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614043043842014439.post-49990679771182086162009-06-21T07:04:05.242-10:002009-06-21T07:04:05.242-10:00Yes, yes. The book addresses that. It also does pu...Yes, yes. The book addresses that. It also does put the whole situation in perspective to give you the reasoning why stuff like this happens when you are in a crucial conversation. I kind of knew, intuitively, but having it really written out made me think differently. <br />I haven't used it perfectly yet, but I've made progress. They try to make it really user friendly and give you simple tools to start out with. <br />Actually, maybe I shouldn't have read this book, because now I feel like I have some sort of responsibility in working on it, instead of just yelling back, which feels so satisfying at the time....Marikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110357429393082121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614043043842014439.post-50129687638288886012009-06-20T19:48:10.524-10:002009-06-20T19:48:10.524-10:00BUT who in a those situation is really going to th...BUT who in a those situation is really going to think these steps through? I know exactly what I did wrong in conversations afterwords, I don't need a book to spell it out for me. How do I change my natural instinct and start thinking before I talk/yell/ignore?Smithshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06991109730730338114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614043043842014439.post-61182586915273634112009-06-16T18:52:47.624-10:002009-06-16T18:52:47.624-10:00Hmmmm....I think I have to add that to my list now...Hmmmm....I think I have to add that to my list now! I need all the help I can get!Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05307046011093010582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614043043842014439.post-85481541264272098292009-06-16T17:38:28.505-10:002009-06-16T17:38:28.505-10:00My mom has been trying to get me to read this book...My mom has been trying to get me to read this book for a while now. To tell you the truth, she tries to get me to do a number of strange things, so I didn't think much of it, but now I'll consider making it my next book of the year (having just finished Zorro by Isabel Allende - another recommendation!). Thanks Mariko!Mettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07588441677778524577noreply@blogger.com