Just Listen

Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone

By: Mark Goulston MD

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist, business consultant, and coach, author Mark Goulston combines his background with the latest scientific research to help listeners turn the "impossible" and "unreachable" people in their lives into allies, devoted customers, loyal colleagues, and lifetime friends. Just Listen provides simple but powerful techniques listeners can use to really get through to people.

You'll learn how to: make a powerful and positive first impression; listen effectively; make even a total stranger (potential client) feel understood; talk an angry or aggressive person away from an instinctual, unproductive reaction and toward a more rational mindset; and achieve buy-in - the linchpin of all persuasion, negotiation, and sales.

Whether they're coworkers, friends, strangers, or enemies, the first make-or-break step in persuading anyone to do anything is getting them to hear you out. With this groundbreaking audiobook, listeners will be able to master the fine but critical art of effective communication.

©2015 Mark Goulston (P)2020 HarperCollins Leadership

Get this book and listen to it once a year!

If you get past the author's self praising parts keep popping up throughout the book, especially at the beginning (sorry Dr.Goulston), this is a book that will serve you very well in life. I recommend listening to this book at least 2 or 3 times back to back, as it will help you to retain more knowledge with every read. I especially liked the part about BPD - Borderline personality disorder as briefly mentioned in it, and with a personal experince, I can confirm his honesty and truthfulness in it.

I hate to take off an start only for the performance for using very loud *Beeps* in one of the chapters. Initially I had to skip that chapter all together but then i made myself to come back and listen to it with a cringe. This is a book for grown ups and it is unnecessary to censor it with interruptive Beeps every 3 seconds in my opinion triggering peoples tinnitus, otherwise the performance of the narrator is spot on for this kinda book!
Highly recommend this book!

Great Book. Gives lots of technique to follow.

This book gives a story then gives a solution then gives steps to accomplish this solution.

Later parts of the book referenced the beginning chapters.
This made me listen again to some of the beginner chapters to grasp the concept.

Great listen

I’ve learned several techniques from this book I’m hoping to implement more often. Give it a listen

Excellent book

The narration is well done and easy to listen to.
Don’t listen to the naysayers, this book is worth your time. I will listen to it over and over

wow

third time thru. twice as much gleaned. this one is for the monthly re read pile.

I am a raving fan after listening to this audio book.

The information in this book is golden. I want to listen to this over and over until everything in this book is deeply embedded and natural. I will be buying the hard copy of this book, recommending it, and reading Mark’s Other books. This book made me want to set down with the author over tea and just listen to him speak so I could soak up all his years of wisdom and knowledge.

Power tools for better communication

I've read this book twice now. will read it again. it has so much simple yet deep insight that I wish I had found it as soon as it came out. It is well written, interesting and useful. If you want to improve your communication, and your life, this book may be the best place to begin!

a new take on listening

Giving practical "to do's" when it comes to listening well made this book well worth the read.

True gem !!

Love everything about this book. Will listen again till the techniques become second nature. Thank you for this amazing gem !

Insightful with a Bit of Humor

I thought this book might be a little dry and after reading the summary wasn’t sure I wanted to read it for improvement at work. I gave it a chance and was glad to find it incredibly insightful for work and personal life. Having thought of myself as a good listener, I realized that to not be the case. The book was written in short chapters that allowed me to quickly work on applying lessons learned before completing. I look forward to seeing the evolution of my listening skills with further application of what I have heard. As a new parent I also flagged some sections to come back to, as I am sure I will be dealing with how to communicate with a teenager soon enough.