How to Talk Politics at Dinner

Download or read book How to Talk Politics at Dinner written by Leon Cho and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-19 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wish you had better talking points, statistics, stories? Do you think improved communications skills will convert more people to your point of view?This is wrong.People are losing friends and family over politics. We avoid people who don't agree with us. We assume the worst - they're uneducated, brainwashed, immoral, or worse. We feel compelled to fight and to resist. But it doesn't work. People deny your facts and harden their positions. Nothing changes.This is NOT another all-purpose book on communication skills or a political history textbook. This is a how-to field manual where you learn to navigate a highly charged minefield of topics by walking through examples in gun control, healthcare reform, equality, and the budget.* BUILD REAL EMPATHY. Understand the one small (but key) difference between liberal and conservative beliefs from which other differences originate. * AVOID UNEXPECTED EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS. Identify what ideas will seem universal to you but will set off others.* PROVE YOUR OPEN-MINDEDNESS. Build trust not by saying you're open-minded but actually demonstrating it.* TRANSFORM TOPICS. Talk about the core issues underlying current events in a new way that keeps things fun and light. * APPLY A THREE-STEP SYSTEM TO ANY ISSUE. Discover a step-by-step process for talking about any issue so you'll never be baited or caught off-guard.What if saving a lifelong relationship with a friend or family member was just a one-hour read away before heading out to dinner?