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Talking Across the Divide

Talking Across the Divide

By Justin Lee

How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Change the World. TarcherPerigee, 2018.

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12 Key insights

A brief summary of Talking Across the Divide

A step-by-step guide to communicating productively with those who oppose your beliefs using considerate strategies that will help them not only understand your views but even come to agree with them.

Key insights in Talking Across the Divide

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What do you get from this book? How to respectfully hear adverse perspectives, and convince opposers to embody your views
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Your voice can be one that changes the mentality of “us vs. them” into one of amicable unity
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Strategic dialogue is the essential key to changing minds, regardless of the controversial issue at hand
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Productive dialogues are dependent on your strategic listening skills to dismantle echo chambers
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You can bust through other major barriers with the right mindset and strategies
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Strategic storytelling is the most dynamic way to push people out of their comfort zone and debunk misinformation
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Even if you clear several barriers, the other side may not budge because of belief perseverance—then what?
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We all want to protect our worldview and core beliefs, so it’s hard to get around that barrier
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Reflect after a strategic dialogue and take note of what you can do to be more effective next time
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Summary of the key insights
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read Talking Across the Divide

Truth seekers • fact finders • debaters • those who circumvent controversial topics • people who often get in arguments with others • anyone interested in positive interaction

About the author of Talking Across the Divide

Writer, equality activist, and executive director of Nuance Ministries, Justin Lee has dedicated more than twenty years to bridging cultural chasms. His work to bring people together and overcome polarization on political, social, theological, and several other issues, has taken him around the world to share his strategies.

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