Talk Book [Mass Market Paperback]

Gerald Goodman Ph.D. (Author)

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Publication Date: June 13, 1990

"Talk" is an essential tool for ensuring the success and growth of all your close relationships, and if you don't know how to utilize it, the cost can be high. Now, Gerald Goodman, a world-renowned communications expert, offers precise, practical guidelines designed to help you promote greater intimacy with your spouse, a better understanding of your children, improved dynamics with your boss, a more productive dialogue with your doctor, and much more.
Inside you'll find the six key elements of everyday talk, with powerful exercises and insights into how to make them work for you. Filled with fascinating examples of real-life dialogue, THE TALK BOOK will teach you the skills you need to have true freedom of expression -- with all the important people in your life.
"A useful book filled with information and insight." -- The Kirkus Reviews

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"Talk" is an essential tool for ensuring the success and growth of all your close relationships, and if you don't know how to utilize it, the cost can be high. Now, Gerald Goodman, a world-renowned communications expert, offers precise, practical guidelines designed to help you promote greater intimacy with your spouse, a better understanding of your children, improved dynamics with your boss, a more productive dialogue with your doctor, and much more.
Inside you'll find the six key elements of everyday talk, with powerful exercises and insights into how to make them work for you. Filled with fascinating examples of real-life dialogue, THE TALK BOOK will teach you the skills you need to have true freedom of expression -- with all the important people in your life.
"A useful book filled with information and insight." -- The Kirkus Reviews

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 389 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (June 13, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345362756
• ISBN-13: 978-0345362759
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,100,268 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Thorough but long-winded, January 26, 2006

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This review is from: The Talk Book: The Intimate Science of Communicating in Close Relationships (Hardcover)

This book is designed to help you improve your ability to interact with others through everyday conversations. The author identifies six "talk- tools":Disclosures,Reflections,Interpretations,Advisements, Questions, and Silences. He devotes a chapter to each tool, and follows with a chapter on how to improve your use of each one. The book has over 200 densely printed pages, complete with research references, extended samples of recorded conversations and much discussion of possible variations. The length and completeness of the book works against its usefulness as a practical guide, especially compared to Laurie Kuhn's wonderful book Instant Persuasion on the same subject. Although Kuhn's book is short and simple (e.g., regarding Advisement she simply says "Don't give unsolicited advice") compared to Goodman's treatise, it is much easier to remember and apply.