Stop Talking, Start Communicating, Geoffrey Tumlin
Stop Talking, Start Communicating, Geoffrey Tumlin
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Stop Talking, Start Communicating
Counterintuitive Secrets to Success in Business and in Life, with a foreword by Martha Mendoza

Author: Geoffrey Tumlin

Narrator: Geoffrey Tumlin

Unabridged: 6 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/13/2013


Synopsis

PLAY DUMB. BE BORING.

DON'T SOLVE PROBLEMS.

AND ABOVE ALL, DON'T BE YOURSELF.

Not exactly what you'd expect to hear from a communication expert, but these counterintuitive strategies are precisely what we need to interact productively and meaningfully in today's digital world. Our overreliance on quick, cheap, and easy means of "staying connected" is eroding our communication skills. Speed steamrolls thoughtfulness; self-expression trumps restraint. Errors and misunderstandings increase. And our relationships suffer.

With startling insights and a dash of humor, Stop Talking, Start Communicating combines scientific research with real-world strategies to deliver a proven approach to more effective communication.

"Only Geoffrey Tumlin could write a book about a serious problem--our mounting communication deficiencies--and make me laugh and learn all the way through it. Witty, smart, and 100 percent accurate, Stop Talking, Start Communicating points the way to a better conversational future." -- Tina Morris, managing director at Standard & Poor's

"An elegantly analytical, accessible, and enjoyable guide to improving interpersonal communication, Stop Talking, Start Communicating is a key resource for anyone who wants to be a difference-making leader, manager, or team member." -- Eduardo Sanchez, deputy chief medical officer of the American Heart Association

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve on October 04, 2013

Social media such as Twitter, Facebook and email are here to stay and most of us make use of these services often each day. According to the author, these interactions are low-level communications. When we talk face-to-face and engage in in-depth conversation, negotiation, problem solving, and creat......more

Goodreads review by Clarissa Lee on May 19, 2023

There are practical tips towards end of each chapter, however they tend to repeat the same ideas of other chapters. The other part of chapters tend to be dry and disconnected. The interesting part of this book will be teaching the opposites of what communication books usually do. One take away is we......more

Goodreads review by Keith on July 04, 2021

Ok, nothing earth shattering here unfortunately......more

Goodreads review by Lillie on October 22, 2013

I was introduced to the author by a mutual acquaintance, and he sent me an autographed paperback. However, that didn't influence my review; in fact, though I appreciated the book and was pleased to add it to my collection of autographed books, I purchased a copy of the ebook to read. On the surface,......more

Goodreads review by Birthe on January 08, 2016

nice in its general message and wit its careful social criticism in times of over-communication esp. through electronic and social media. nice to reflect on certain patterns in and approaches to communication. however, for my non-american context sometimes to passive and schematic.......more