Mom of 6 says: "Wish you had written this 30 years earlier"

Note: All the Manage Bullying techniques in this program are based upon the Tactical Communications methods of Dr. George Thompson. Thompson asked us to share this email, which he recently received.

Dr. Thompson,

Your book “VERBAL JUDO”, is a required assignment for a communications class I have the privilege of taking from Dr. Mary Kirchoff at Columbus State University in Columbus Georgia. I know you have heard this a million times before, but I LOVE YOUR BOOK! I have given over fifteen copies to friends and family members…at their request.  As the mother of six children, now mostly grown, I sure wish you had written it thirty years earlier. I would have been a much better parent and spouse.

I learned something on every single page. You have changed forever the way that I look at all the situations and relationships in my life. What I used to see as problems I now see as opportunities to practice my “VERBAL JUDO." All my sons, each a second and third degree black belt, received their best education about life in a YOSHUKAI Karate dojo. Your book has shown us how we can use those same mental techniques in our relationships as adults.

I agree with you whole-heartedly that praise is the “single most powerful teaching weapon we have," and I have tried to use positive motivation as much as possible to encourage my sons.  I also agree that punishment should be as positive as possible …

Again, thank you for your outstanding book. It should be required reading in every school and university.   Imagine a world of humans educated in “THE GENTLE ART OF PERSUASION."

Melinda Goldman

• November 8, 2010 |
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