How to argue and win every time : at home, at work, in court, everywhere, every day

A noted attorney gives detailed instructions on winning arguments, emphasizing such points as learning to speak with the body, avoiding being blinding by brilliance, and recognizing the power of words as a weapon. How To Argue And Win Every Time Is A Book That Teaches You How To Argue In Everyday Life - At Home, In The Bedroom, With The Boss, With Teachers, And With Your Kids. But It Is Also A Book With Sweeping Implications For American Society, For At Its Heart, It Proposes A New Philosophy - That Winning Is Not What You Think It Is And That Your Enemy's Loss May Be Your Loss As Well. Gerry Spence, The Noted Trial Lawyer, Says We Were Born To Make The Winning Argument As We Were Born To Walk. But Argument Is An Art As Well As A Technique To Be Learned. The Winning Argument Starts With A Mindset, One That Gives You Permission To Argue Freely When Argument Has Been The Forbidden Fruit Of Your Childhood. Spence Teaches You How To Get Beyond The Fear And To Use This Fear As Your Ally. He Shows You That When Your Argument Emerges From Your Own Authority, The Argument Will Not Only Be The Winning Argument, It Will Be Unique Among All Arguments. My Argument For This Book -- Getting Started -- Pt. I. Readying Ourselves To Win. Why Argue?: Opening The Doors, Freeing The Psyche -- When To Argue: Winning Without Arguing -- Understanding Power: The Pistol That Fires In Both Directions -- The Incredible Power Of Credibility: Standing Naked -- The Power Of Listening: Hearing The Person Behind The Noise -- The Power Of Prejudice: Examining The Garment, Bleaching The Stain -- The Power Of Words: Gilding The Soliloquy -- Pt. Ii. Delivering The Winning Argument. Structuring The Winning Argument: Building The House The Wolf Can't Blow Down ; Opening Them Up: Bridging The Gap To Be Heard -- How To Deliver The Winning Argument: Releasing The Sound And The Fury -- The Magical Argument: Arguing Out The Heart Zone -- The Unbeatable Power Argument: Delivering The Knockout -- Pt. Iii. Arguments In Love And War. Arguing In The Love Relationship: Love And War -- Arguing With Kids: Also Love And War -- Arguing At The Workplace: Engaging The Corporate Cyclops, Surviving The Governmental Leviathan -- Arguing For Justice: Understanding The Responsibility Of Being. Gerry Spence. Includes Index. The book thqt teaches you how to argue and win every time. So you want to know how to compose the winning arguent? How to prepare it? Deliver it? Spense believes that argument begins with the person, and that to argue successfully one must accomplish more than mere teechnique. He maintains that success in arguments, as in life, is a derivative of personal growth, of discoverring who we are, and embracing the uniqueness that is individual to each of us. The Laws of Arguing According to Gerry Spence 1. Everyone is capable of making the winning aargument. 2. Winning is getting what we want, which also means helping "others" get what they want. 3. Learn that words are a weapon, and can be used hostilely in combat. 4. Know that there is always a "biological advantage" of delivering the TRUTH. 5. Assault is not argument. 6. Use fear as an ally in pubic speaking or in argument. Learn to convert its energy. 7. Let emotions show and don't discourage passion. 8. Don't be blinded by brilliance. 9. Learn to speak with the body. The body sometimes speaks more powerfully than words. 10 Know that the enemy is not the person with whom we are engaged in a failing argument, but the vision within ourselves The author, a nationally known trial lawyer, shares his insights on how to argue effectively in the courtroom, on the job, and in personal situations, and includes descriptions of some of the cases he has fought during his successful career