How to Argue with a Cat: A Human’s Guide to the Art of Persuasion

by	Jay Heinrichs

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If you can persuade a cat … you can persuade anyone. This is the essential guide to getting your way. Jay Heinrichs, award-winning author of Thank You for Arguing and advisor to the Pentagon, NASA and Fortune 500 companies, distils a lifetime of negotiating and rhetoric to show you how to win over anyone – from colleagues and bosses, to friends and partners at home (and even the most stubborn of feline adversaries).You’ll learn to:Perfect your timing – learn exactly when to pounceGet your body language, tone and gesture just rightThink about what your opponent wants – always offer a comfy lapLure them in by making them think they have the powerThe result? A happy, hopefully scratch-free, resolution.’Jay Heinrichs knows a thing or two about arguing’ The Times’A master rhetorician and persuasion guru’ Salon’You got a bunch of logical engineers to inject pathosinto their arguments … it works!’ NASA engineer

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Weight	0.133 kg
Dimensions	1.1 × 12.8 × 19.8 cm
by	Jay Heinrichs
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	144
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year Published	2018-3-1
Imprint	Penguin
Publication City/Country	London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10	1846149576
About The Author	Jay Heinrichs is the bestselling author of Thank You for Arguing and How to Argue with a Cat. He has written for dozens of publications, including The New York Times magazine, Vice and the Huffington Post, and won numerous journalism awards. He has taught persuasion to college and university editors at Ivy League universities, NASA, and the Pentagon. He runs the acclaimed blog Figarospeech.com, as well as the rhetoric site ArgueLab.com.
Review Quote	Praise for Thank You For Arguing 'An excellent book about how to win arguments, full of brilliant examples … sharp and well-argued'
Other text	If you want to win people over, this book will help you succeed

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