Overcoming Fake Talk: How to Hold REAL Conversations that Create Respect, Build Relationships, and Get Results

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am grateful to the many people whose words and lives have contributed to this work.

My mentors and teachers: Truman G. Madsen, who moved me beyond myself and would never let me give up; Rex E. Lee, whose boundless optimism was inspiring and reassuring; Bonner Ritchie, who continually challenged my thinking; Warner Woodworth, whose concern for others brings a balance of perspective; Paul Thompson, who let me graduate in spite of myself; Brent Peterson, whose love for training and unleashing human potential is contagious; and Al Switzler and Kerry Patterson, who talked me out of my law practice and set me on this path.

My colleagues: John Vitale, with whom I have a creative synergy that has helped me to create solutions that really ...