The power of words
Subtitle: a practical guide to the laws of onoas dvorim (the Torah prohibition against causing pain with words), with alternative approaches for effective communication
By: by Zelig Pliskin
Publisher: Benei Yakov
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Brooklyn, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Jewish ethics; Communication
Description: The Torah prohibits all forms of onoas dvorim, words that cause needless pain.... [In this text, the author has] elaborated on practical aspects of this commandment. Hopefully after a careful study of this work, the reader will be more sensitive to the feelings of others when communicating. -Foreword.
Table of contents: title: Acceptance of other people; title: Alternative ways of communicating; title: "Always"; title: Anger; title: Angry person; title: Answering questions; title: Apply to yourself; title: Appreciation; title: Approval-seeking; title: Arousing fears; title: Arrogance; title: Ask forgiveness; title: Asking prices needlessly; title: Assertiveness; title: Associations that are painful for a person; title: Attack the problem not the person; title: Avoid needless conflict; title: Awareness of consequences of your words; title: Baal Tshuvah; title: Be liked; title: Being praised or thanked; title: Benefit of the doubt; title: Blaming other; title: Boasting; title: Bought items; title: Breaking or spilling things; title: Catch people doing things right; title: Children need to be taught; title: Children to parents; title: Chilul Hashem; title: Choice of marriage partner; title: Clever remarks at someone else's expense; title: Comparisons; title: Competitive; title: Complaining; title: Compliments; title: Concentrate on the approaches that work best for you; title: Conflicts when two people want the same thing; title: Converts; title: Cooking; title: Coping with insults; title: Correcting others; title: Country or city of origin; title: Created in Almighty's image; title: Creativity and insults; title: Criticism and love.