This is one of the 'logical' dead-ends in Crucial Conversations, and it becomes an 'actual' dead-end when readers try to apply the skill-based paradigm encouraged by the book. the goal ' Be Sincere' entails a process! A Journey of Change, a Process of Becoming that is not described within the pages of Crucial Conversations in contrast the process of change IS detailed in my book ' Changing Your Stripes.' doesn't make it so and contrary to an erroneous assumption sold by The Secret, neither does thinking and chanting the affirmation ' Be Sincere, Be Sincere, Be Sincere,' magically make you a sincere person.įor example: How do parents teach immature teenagers to become mature? They might start by communicating the message: ' Be Mature,' but this is like telling a green tomato to ' Be Ripe.' Truth is, green tomatoes will continue to be green, until they ripen naturally - and all the verbal persuasion in the world will not accelerate this process.Īh, the process. Maybe I missed something? I studied chapter after chapter for a description of how one might ' Be Sincere.' Obviously, just reading it and saying it. Start with Heart - Get Ready to Listen: Be Sincere. The advertising on the back-cover says 'More Than 500,000 Copies Sold.' I'm hoping that many of the half-million readers of 'Crucial Conversations' are able to find this webpage, so they can become aware of ideas that augment and 'go beyond' the skill-based paradigm of 'tools for talking.' The following ideas point out and solve the logical dead-ends contained in Crucial Conversations.įirst, one foundational flaw found on page 143 - a logical dead-end unsolved by authors Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler: Greetings Connoisseurs of Fine and Effective Communication: So You Think You Can Dance - Season 5 Five

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