How to Win Arguments

Course details

Being persuasive can help you improve your life. In this course, instructor TJ Guttormsen presents techniques and strategies that will help you achieve your goals in discussions and make effective arguments. TJ begins with communication techniques, such as how to listen during disagreements, create the conversations you want, get conversations back on track, and more. He explains the benefits of “I” statements, then describes how pacing and leading can make you more convincing. Next, TJ covers useful tips and techniques to use when you are dealing with difficult people and disagreements. He shows you how staying solution-focused, winning compromises, and creating an informal contract can help you to your ideal solution, then concludes with action steps you can use to practice the skills he has presented.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - A few words about the course

1. Communication Techniques

02 - How to listen during disagreements
03 - Verbal framing creates the conversations you want
04 - The sum-up technique that gets conversations back on track
05 - I statements
06 - The three strategic types of pauses
07 - Pacing and leading makes you more convincing

2. Dealing with Difficult People and Disagreements

08 - How to be a broken record to deal with pushy people
09 - The fogging technique helps you deal with critical or aggressive people
10 - How to speak up when you're interrupted
11 - How and when it benefits you to ignore interruptions

3. Reaching Your Ideal Solution

12 - Stay solution-focused
13 - The secret to winning compromises
14 - Create an informal contract

Conclusion

15 - Action steps to take to practice these skills in the real-world