#75 How to Have Impossible Conversations Part II - Book Summary

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Chapters:
Introduction-00:00:00
Chapter 4: Intermediate Level: Seven Ways to Improve Your Interventions-00:00:11
Let friends be wrong-00:00:18
Build golden bridges-00:04:48
Language-00:10:59
Stuck?-00:14:45
Change your mind-00:19:22
Introduce scales-00:20:54
Outsourcing-00:28:30
Conclusion-00:31:18
Chapter 5: Five Advanced Skills for Contentious Conversations-00:35:33
Keep Rapoport's rules-00:35:52
Avoid facts-00:40:05
Seek disconfirmation-00:47:00
Yes, and-00:59:58
Dealing with anger-01:01:31
Chapter 6: Six Expert Skills to Engage the Close-Minded-01:09:43
Synthesis-01:09:48
Help vent steam-01:12:07
Altercasting-01:14:59
Hostage Negotiations-01:20:32
Probe the limits-01:22:26
Counter-intervention strategies-01:29:45
Chapter 7: Master Level: Two Keys to Conversing With Idealogues-01:33:47
How to converse with an idealogue-01:35:04
Moral reframing-01:51:52
Conclusion-01:58:04
Debrief-01:59:03
Outro-02:05:49

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