- ISBN13: 9781892005038
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Do you hunger for skills to improve the quality of your relationships, to deepen your sense of personal empowerment or to simply communicate more effectively? Unfortunately, for centuries our culture has taught us to think and speak in ways that can actually perpetuate conflict, internal pain and even violence. Nonviolent Communication partners practical skills with a powerful consciousness and vocabulary to help you get what you want peacefully. In this interna… More >>
Excellent Book!!!……………WOW
Rating: 5 / 5
I got about 4 chapters into this book and stopped reading it. It was a challenge to get that far. I had borrowed this book from someone in the hopes that it would help me to establish more gentle communication with my young children, but this guy is definately not someone to get parenting advice from!
First of all, the entire concept of NVC is based on the idea that it is a part of human nature to desire compassionate communication with others. This goes against some of my fundamental beliefs as a Christian. When I got a few chapters in and started reading the sample conversations, they were so robotic and absurd that I was reading them aloud to my husband for laughs. Even Rosenberg’s writing language is absurd. For example, the instructions on one of the end-of-chapter exercises says, “If you would like to see whether we’re in agreement about the verbal expression of feelings, circle the number in front of any of the following statements.” Please.
Then I got to the chapter on “Taking Responsibility For Our Feelings.” I had almost finished it when I came to a part where Rosenberg is relating a story about his own daughter, and that is where I threw the book down in disgust. Here, he talks about a moment in his own daughter’s life that was a cause for celebration: She had told her school principal to “F*** off!”
Now there’s a non-violent communication for ya.
Rating: 1 / 5
This book is heaped with patronizing, self-serving junk. The teachings in the book have extremely little practical use. I have read many useful self-help books. Some are great, and some are mediocre. This NVC book is simply bad.
Rating: 1 / 5
All the hype surrounding this book is for naught. Rosenberg simply condensed (simplified) into a few pages the wisdom of all other self-help book writers. Unremarkable. For those members of the Church of NVC, please expand your reading library.
Rating: 1 / 5
Some valuable insights into giving and receiving communication. Helpful in understanding the way we communicate ourselves to others.
Rating: 3 / 5