As bestselling author Suzette Haden Elgin proves, you don't have tolive your life on red alert. With her Gentle Art of VerbalSelf-Defense techniques, you'll be able to respond clearly tohostile comments from others—or deliver necessary negativemessages of your own—without sacrificing your dignity orprinciples. You'll learn to:
* Keep domestic disagreements from escalating
* Deliver criticism to coworkers, employers, or employees
* Handle aggressive, negative comments about race, politics, orreligion
* Provide discipline without increasing hostility
* Use language that reduces tension and creates rapport in everysituation