from Colgate University, his Masters and Doctorate degrees in English from the University of Connecticut, and completed post-doctoral work in rhetoric and persuasion at Princeton University. Aside from his well-known courses for police officers, which are mandatory training in several states, Thompson has designed special courses for other people faced with defuse crisis situations, including educators, medical personnel, government workers, business employees, and airline personnel. He is the founder and president of the Verbal Judo Institute, which has offices in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Thompson wrote Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion, which has sold more than 100,000 copies, and four more books on Verbal Judo. Then he developed the techniques of Verbal Judo, providing ways to defuse conflict and redirect behavior into more positive channels. Researching Hammett's novels led Thompson to change careers from university English teacher to police officer. 'Rhino' Thompson, the author of Hammett's Moral Vision, to become a police officer, an instructor who has trained more than 175,000 police officers, and a best-selling author. With Verbal Judo you’ll be able to have your say-and say what you mean.A professor's recommendation that he write his doctoral dissertation on Dashiell Hammett led George J. Stop finding yourself on the losing end of an argument. People prefer to have options over threats.People would rather be asked than be told.

Thompson's five universal truths of 'human interaction': This updated edition includes a new foreword and a chapter featuring Dr. Verbal Judo shows you how to listen and speak more effectively, engage others through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies to successfully express your point of view-and take the lead in most disputes. Thompson's essential handbook has taught people how to communicate more confidently and persuasively in any situation. Verbal Judo is the classic guide to the martial art of the mind and mouth that can help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation, whether you're talking to a boss, a spouse, or even a teenager.

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