| Tongue Fu! Contributor(s): Horn, Sam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312152272 ISBN-13: 9780312152277 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: "Tongue Fu!" is a handbook for verbal self-defense that provides dozens of real-life, constructive alternatives to giving a tongue lashing or to being tongue-tied. "Tongue Fu!" is destined to be a classic!"--Jack Canfield, co-author of "Chicken Soup for the Soul". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help |
| Dewey: 153.6 |
| LCCN: 95041254 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.65 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If you've ever been tongue-tied - or if you've ever given a tongue-lashing (and regretted it), Tongue Fu offers constructive alternatives that will turn hostility into harmony and help you avoid a mental breakdown in the face of aggression. With straightforward strategies and proven techniques, Tongue Fu examines almost every kind of verbal conflict - from fights with your spouse or a stalemate with the kids - and shows how to use martial arts for the mind and mouth to deflect attacks, disarm disputes, and defuse any explosive situation. With Tongue Fu you will learn words to use (and words to lose) in tense situations, the power of the phrase "You're right," the tools to use when people push your "hot buttons," how to handle a verbal bully who enjoys attacking and tormenting, how to gracefully exit an argument, what to say when you don't know what to say, how to use silence to your advantage, how to be pleasantly unpleasant, and how to take charge of your emotions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Horn, Sam: - Sam Horn, president of Action Seminars, has presented her real-life workshops to more than 400,000 people since 1981. Her impressive client list includes Young Presidents Organization, National Governors Association, Hewlett-Packard, Four Seasons Resort, the Fortune 500 Forum, the US Navy, and the IRS. She was the top rated speaker at both the 1996 and 1998 International Platform Association conventions in Washington DC, and is the emcee of the world-renowned Maui Writers Conference. She is also the author of Tongue Fu!, What's Holding You Back?, and ConZentrate, which have been featured in Readers Digest, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Family Circle, Bottom Line Personal, and Executive Female, to name a few. She is a frequent media guest who has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows, including "To Tell the Truth" and NPR's popular "Diane Rehm Show." She lives with her sons Tom and Andrew in Virginia. |