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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
8 reviews
jeti's review against another edition
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, and Kidnapping
travistyaverted's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
richardiporter's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Read this and increase your skill in getting what you want.
Do it.
Or don’t.
The techniques will actually work better on you if you don’t I bet.
Do it.
Or don’t.
The techniques will actually work better on you if you don’t I bet.
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder
aylasultana's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Death
sarahweyand's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
Let's get things straight: I am NOT a business book girlie. I think lots, if not most, business/leadership/communications books are farces written by privileged, white, middle-aged men to get you to buy a book full of information you could have found online for free, and that's how they make their money.
On the other hand, this is kinda good.
The key to this book is that it's part FBI storytelling, part negotiation advice. Learning about the hostage negotiation tactics Voss used and different scenarios in which he applied them was fascinating. By far my favorite aspect of the book. I also wish it was the only part.
This book is also, literally, Manipulation Tactics 101. That's cool if you're a hostage negotiator and sharing your stories about life-or-death situations, but it becomes more uncomfortable when you start thinking about applying these tactics to literally anyone else. I'm also a confrontation-avoidant introvert that doesn't get off on haggling with a used car salesperson for hours, so maybe this book wasn't written for me. Serves me right for picking up a business book when I guess what I wanted was a memoir.
Maybe I'll try some of the more tame tactics here with people I'll never see again and don't care about, but most seem too overly asshole-ish to implement in public. Also I'm a woman, and no matter how assertive I am, there are men who never take me seriously anyway. I want to like this book so bad, but it doesn't have enough of the juicy stuff in it.
On the other hand, this is kinda good.
The key to this book is that it's part FBI storytelling, part negotiation advice. Learning about the hostage negotiation tactics Voss used and different scenarios in which he applied them was fascinating. By far my favorite aspect of the book. I also wish it was the only part.
This book is also, literally, Manipulation Tactics 101. That's cool if you're a hostage negotiator and sharing your stories about life-or-death situations, but it becomes more uncomfortable when you start thinking about applying these tactics to literally anyone else. I'm also a confrontation-avoidant introvert that doesn't get off on haggling with a used car salesperson for hours, so maybe this book wasn't written for me. Serves me right for picking up a business book when I guess what I wanted was a memoir.
Maybe I'll try some of the more tame tactics here with people I'll never see again and don't care about, but most seem too overly asshole-ish to implement in public. Also I'm a woman, and no matter how assertive I am, there are men who never take me seriously anyway. I want to like this book so bad, but it doesn't have enough of the juicy stuff in it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder
montyalmoro's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Kidnapping
nadia's review against another edition
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.5
I took so many notes while reading this book! It was packed with tips and tricks and I loved the mix of information with personal stories from the author's real-life experience with the FBI.
I know that probably 95%+ of the people the author has interacted with during his real-life negotiations were men, but it's obvious this book is for a wider audience, and so it was mildly annoying that nearly everything was related to a 'he', 'him', or 'guy'.
On that, while I was fascinated by the stories, I would have appreciated a few more detailed examples/walkthroughs of more of the day-to-day scenarios a typical reader would encounter.
All in all though, a great book, and the best I've read so far this year. Definitely make sure whichever edition you read has the One Sheet appendix attached!
I know that probably 95%+ of the people the author has interacted with during his real-life negotiations were men, but it's obvious this book is for a wider audience, and so it was mildly annoying that nearly everything was related to a 'he', 'him', or 'guy'.
On that, while I was fascinated by the stories, I would have appreciated a few more detailed examples/walkthroughs of more of the day-to-day scenarios a typical reader would encounter.
All in all though, a great book, and the best I've read so far this year. Definitely make sure whichever edition you read has the One Sheet appendix attached!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder
dnns's review against another edition
challenging
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Kidnapping