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No. 049

Chiến Thắng Trong Tranh Luận, Bán Hàng, Tuyển Dụng, Cạnh Tranh

Dr. Rob Yeung

SalesVietnamese~240 min original read

This Vietnamese-market title packages the applied-psychology work of Dr. Rob Yeung — a British chartered psychologist, Talentspace director, and prolific author on confidence, persuasion, and interview technique — into a single practical guide covering four adjacent high-stakes communication situations: winning arguments, selling, being hired (or hiring well), and competing for advantage. Yeung's throughline across his body of work is that influence is a learnable, evidence-informed skill rather than an innate personality trait, and that the same underlying psychological levers — how people process credibility, how they respond to framing, how first impressions anchor later judgment — show up again and again whether the setting is a boardroom debate, a sales pitch, a job interview, or a competitive negotiation.

The book is organized around these four situational domains rather than a single unified model, and its consistent method is to break each domain into a small number of concrete, sequential techniques: how to structure an argument so the strongest point lands last rather than first, how to read and redirect a counterpart's objections in a sales conversation, how to answer behavioral interview questions using a clear evidence-based structure, and how to read the psychological dynamics of a competitive negotiation without either over-conceding or over-playing one's hand. Yeung draws on his academic training in personality psychology to explain *why* these techniques work — for instance, why vivid, specific stories are remembered and trusted more than abstract claims, or why interviewers unconsciously anchor on the first strong impression a candidate makes.

Running through all four sections is a consistent emphasis on preparation and self-awareness over raw charisma: Yeung's stance, reflected across his broader bibliography (his best-known book is *Confidence: The Art of Getting Whatever You Want*), is that most people underprepare for high-stakes conversations and rely on winging it, when a modest amount of structured rehearsal — anticipating the other side's likely objections, preparing specific evidence rather than general claims, controlling nervous tells — produces disproportionate gains. The book also repeatedly stresses reading the other party accurately: understanding what a hiring manager is actually screening for beneath the literal question, or what unstated concern is driving a buyer's hesitation, is treated as more valuable than any scripted line.

The practical payoff Yeung offers is less a single big idea and more a toolkit: readers come away with specific phrasing patterns, structured frameworks for high-pressure exchanges, and a habit of preparing for the *psychology* of the other party — not just their own talking points — before entering an argument, a sale, an interview, or a negotiation.

Who This Is For

Salespeople, job seekers, hiring managers, and anyone who regularly needs to hold their own in high-stakes verbal exchanges — arguments, pitches, interviews, or negotiations.

When To Read This

Before a specific high-stakes conversation — a big sales pitch, a job interview, or a difficult negotiation — when concrete, immediately usable technique matters more than deep theory.