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Dr. Thompson ("Doc Rhino") is the Founder of the Verbal Judo Institute. Since 1983 and until he died in 2011, he personally trained more than 700,000 individuals in Tactical Communications -- a program he developed in 1983 for defusing conflict and redirecting behavior with words.

Doc had a B.A. from Colgate University (1963), a Masters and Doctorate in English from the University of Connecticut (1972), and completed post-doctoral work at Princeton University in Rhetoric & Persuasion (1979). He has written and published four books on Tactical Communictions.

Widely published in magazines and periodicals, his training has been highlighted in such national media outlets as NBC, ABC, & CBS News, CNN, 48 Hours, Inside Edition, LETN, In the Line of ...more

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	Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion by George J. Thompson, Jerry B. Jenkins (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 7,070 ratings — published 1993 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Verbal Judo: Redirecting Behavior with Words by George J. Thompson, W. Lee Fjelstad (Foreword) 3.86 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Verbal Judo Way of Leadership: Empowering the Thin Blue Line from the Inside Up by George J. Thompson, Gregory A. Walker 4.04 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Verbal Judo: Words As a Force Option 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hammett's Moral Vision: The Most Influential In-Depth Analysis of Dashiell Hammett's Novels Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass ... Man (The Ace Performer Collection series) by George J. Thompson, William F. Nolan (Introduction), Vince Emery (Preface) 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Verbal Judo by George J. Thompson, Jerry B. Jenkins (Goodreads Author), Keith Szarabajka (Narrator) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Verbal Judo Way of Leadership: Empowering the Thin Blue Line from the Inside Up by George J. Thompson, Gregory A. Walker it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resumen Completo: Judo Verbal (Verbal Judo) - Basado En El Libro by George J. Thompson, Jerry B. Jenkins (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Principle number one: Let the person say what he wants as long as he does what you say. I even tell cops that. I say, “Let them chip at you as long as they’re cooperating with you. What do you care what they say? Your attitude should be ‘Say what you want, but do as I say!’” The only time this would not work is when the words the citizen uses serve only to inflate him with adrenaline, making him or his companions more of a problem. The officer has to carefully watch a person’s body language to see when he might explode from his own initiative. It’s important to intervene before these situations get out of hand.”
― George J. Thompson, Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion

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“I want to teach you to express hostile feelings without humiliating or destroying others in the process.”
― George J. Thompson

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“Never react to what people say. React to what they mean. Just remember: People hardly ever say what they mean.”
― George J. Thompson, Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion

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