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Lifescripts
s/t: What to Say to Get What You Want in Life's Toughest Situations
Lifescripts has been completely revised and updated, taking a self-help focus and adding more than 50 scripts that help you prepare for difficult conversations both inside and outside the office. Each of the 109 Lifescripts gives you a plan that leads to the desired result regardless of the obstacles thrown in your path. You get an icebreaker opener, a pitch, an answer to every question, and a defense for every attack. You'll also find strategic pointers on attitude, timing, preparation, and behavior.
Lifescripts has been completely revised and updated, taking a self-help focus and adding more than 50 scripts that help you prepare for difficult conversations both inside and outside the office. Each of the 109 Lifescripts gives you a plan that leads to the desired result regardless of the obstacles thrown in your path. You get an icebreaker opener, a pitch, an answer to every question, and a defense for every attack. You'll also find strategic pointers on attitude, timing, preparation, and behavior.
480 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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December 19, 2012
I borrowed this book from my boyfriend's (at the time) dad. I wanted to look up how to have a discussion with my boss on a salary increase. I returned the book, but then borrowed it again about six months later. At that time, I noticed the section on 'breaking up with your partner' was dog-eared. When my boyfriend broke up with me a month or so later - he used the exact lines in the book! I guess I wasn't the only one that thought it had some useful tips...
November 14, 2018
This book is a great starting point for hard conversations. While it skews towards traditional business settings, much of the content can be modified to be relevant to many work scenarios.
August 30, 2020
A valuable book for anyone's shelf. I especially like the flow charts and conditional approaches. Above all, convincing the reader to plan and prepare for conversations is awesome!
September 13, 2021
Great tool for leaders, helpful conversation flow charts. Examples are geared to for-profit businesses but can be adapted.
August 26, 2012
Lifescripts by Stephen M. Pollan & Mark Levine is book for filled with suggestions and conversation diagrams. The subjects of conversations range from job hunting to asking your spouse to lose weight. Seriously some of these scripts were good and some left me thinking “I would never say that�. There were a few suggestions that were overly abrasive to my more passive nature but I can also see how this book can help to overcome some of the tougher issues one may face in the office. I have even referred back to this book a few times when I was at a loss on how to approach a situation.
Lifescripts would actually be a good book to gift to someone just joining the workforce. Such as a college or high school graduate that has ambitious dreams and may need some guidance as to how to approach the new business world.
The book version I have also has a CD of scripts for managers which I found to be very helpful.
Lifescripts would actually be a good book to gift to someone just joining the workforce. Such as a college or high school graduate that has ambitious dreams and may need some guidance as to how to approach the new business world.
The book version I have also has a CD of scripts for managers which I found to be very helpful.
September 18, 2008
Great reference book! I use it when I need to figure out what to say in a difficult work situations for myself or giving advice to others, such as, how to respond to a salary offer that is too low, how to ask your boss for a raise, or how to tell a client your fees are increasing. It comes with handy little flowcharts to show the different conversation possibilities as well. The dialogue is lame but you get the general idea.
January 6, 2013
This is a great book for those people who always think of what they want to say after the conversation is over. I like to visualize a conversation before hand and this book is great for being able to anticipate the other side.
February 5, 2013
I use this book as a reference whenever I'm dealing with an employee issue at work (looks like I need to get the Lifescripts for Managers version instead). Not all situations exist in the book but the ones that do are helpful. I just finished reading the entire subordinates section again today.
December 6, 2007
Amazing!
February 26, 2008
Very helpful, when you just don't know how to say what needs to be said. It portrays many different life situations and what could be said in a positive yet authoritative way.
August 3, 2016
Ref book. Flow charts for various situations to respond to - interesting approach. Lays out the likely outcomes which could help in deciding whether to confront in the fist place.
February 29, 2016
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June 26, 2017The title is great. The content, not so much. I just did not find any of his hypothetical scenarios useful at all.
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September 3, 2018I liked this book and all of it's very specific advice. I think it would be a great book to give a young professional to think about the snags that can happen in the workplace and practice appropriate language and discussion points. I especially like the final pages of each issue, with the "adaptations" and "key points" which get to the bottom line of each scenario beautifully. This book could be useful for supervisors with scenarios and talking points on a bunch of different workplace issues.
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