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Control the Conversation

How to Charm, Deflect, and Defend Your Position Through Any Line of Questioning

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Control the Conversation

By: James O. Pyle, Maryann Karinch
Narrated by: Ann Richardson
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Where were you tonight? How did that meeting go? Are you seeing someone else? What qualifies you for this job? These are just a few of the usual questions we might answer in a day. A typical answer to the last question would include a series of "whats": what experience you have, what you studied in school, and what you do well. In Control the Conversation, the authors guide you in crafting a response to a question, not just an answer. A response should be multidimensional and include relevant and compelling information that goes beyond a mere answer.

The authors help you build and apply this skill set. You will learn how to manage the four areas of disclosure - people, places, things, and events in time. You will also develop competence in techniques that will help you take control and get your message across in any kind of interview. You will discover how to:

  • Master answer enhancers such as keywords and body language
  • Analyze a question and understand the motivation behind it
  • And use questions artfully as part of your response

With these skills as part of your repertoire, you'll also learn apply them in specific applications such as:

  • Job interviews
  • Sales
  • Common exchanges
  • Meetings and media
  • And dating and family situations

No matter the question, Control the Conversation will show you how to steer every exchange in your favor.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 James O. Pyle, Maryann Karinch (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Communication & Social Skills Personal Success Psychology Relationships Body Language

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control the conversion

loved it! brilliant narration, worth buying. definitely a great addition to your collection thanks 😊

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Okay book, probably better ones on the subject

The idea of controlling a conversation in this book is to control what you want listeners to take away from your response, rather than follow the agenda imposed by the asker's question. The content supports the idea. However, I felt that the book relied too much on examples for readers/listerns to divine meaning. The definitions for terms and concepts were not always clear or well connected. The best examples of controlling a conversation related to responding to media interviews, which is probably the main focus of the book. Other examples were given for job interviews, work meetings, negotiations, and social interactions. These examples seemed less thought-out than the media interview examples.

The narration has clear pronunciation but errs too far in maintaining an even tone, which comes across as monotonous to me.

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