Communication Mastery for Fathers with Chris Voss
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Get ready to be trained to communicate and negotiate by the most qualified man in the country.
Chris Voss is the former Chief Negotiating Officer of the FBI, the CEO & Founder of the Black Swan Group, and the author of Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It.
Chris is back on the show to tell us some surprising things about communication based on decades of experience, modern psychology, and neuroscience.
He explains why we want to get people to say "no" instead of "yes" and teaches us advanced techniques for developing tactical empathy.
Chris also reveals the skill set we need for communication mastery as fathers, arming us with the tools we need to be effective leaders in our households and communities.
"When you negotiate properly, you allow the other side to have your way."—Chris Voss
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads with a purpose. Dad's with an edge. We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.0 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.0 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. I'm Larry Hagner, your host and founder of this show. |
| 0:32.0 | Ah! your host and founder of this show. I'm excited. Today I'm a fan boy of today's |
| 0:39.5 | guest and that is best-selling author and also chief hostage negotiator for the FBI. |
| 0:46.0 | Chris Voss has written the book, Never Split the Difference, negotiate as if your life dependent on it. |
| 0:51.0 | You're probably scratching your head being like Larry why do you |
| 0:54.2 | have the former chief hostage negotiator, the FBI on your podcast. What does this have to do with me? |
| 1:01.1 | What does this have to do with being a father and a husband? If you're a human being, |
| 1:05.3 | trust me, you will enjoy today's show because it's not just about negotiation. It's literally a crash |
| 1:11.1 | course in communication |
| 1:13.4 | and the psychology of communication. |
| 1:16.0 | And as my guest likes to, he has coined the term, |
| 1:19.2 | when you negotiate properly, |
| 1:21.4 | you allow the other side to have your way. |
| 1:24.0 | I mean, so when you're dealing with kids that are wanting to fight you at every |
| 1:29.4 | pass, if you're trying to empathize with your wife, communicate with her on a more elite level, |
| 1:35.0 | if you're trying to even communicate better within the workplace, |
| 1:38.0 | this podcast is for you, I promise. |
| 1:42.0 | I have read Chris's book probably I think 18 times. I've listened to the |
| 1:49.0 | the audio book probably six times or I'm sorry 12 times I've read his book like six times I don't know I |
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