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How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships by Leil Lowndes
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Leil Lowndes Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2003-09-19 ISBN: 007141858X Number of pages: 368 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Product features: - ISBN13: 9780071418584
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Book Reviews of How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in RelationshipsBook Review: An Excellent Read Summary: 5 Stars
Have you ever heard this conversation after Thanksgiving?
BOB: Hey, Sue. How was your Thanksgiving?
SUE: It was good. How was yours?
BOB: Good.
SUE: Well, that's great...[trailing off into awkward silence].
I'm sure that everyone has noticed that you don't just hear similar conversations right after a holiday--you hear the EXACT same conversation verbatim--word for word. I got so tired of it that I almost wrote off small talk as a fantasy for little children.
As a child, "Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, how are you. I'm fine. I'm fine. And I hope that you are, too," is more than adequate for our conversational needs. However, as we grow older, it is important that we cultivate those skills into something that will help us develop better relationships.
I'm was a boring engineer--well I definitely seemed that I fit the stereotype, because as long as you cannot convey how amazing you REALLY are to other people, you may as well just be another robot off the assembly line spouting generic catch phrases and slogans.
I used to struggle with conversation. How do you keep them going? What do you talk about? As of this writing, I have not even finished the book, and have already noticed my conversation skills have improved exponentially.
Guys, do you want to talk to that special girl? Well, you don't need corny pick up lines--you need to know how to talk to people. What happens when your "material" runs out? You are then forced to have a real conversation. Are you equipped to do so?
I read Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" before reading this book and I would strongly suggest you pick it up as well because it is literally timeless. What Leil Lowndes' "How to Talk to Anyone" does is expand upon Carnegie's concepts.
Carnegie tells you the theory and Lowndes gives you more specific examples to give you a kick start. The art of conversation is a dying one, however, you can develop strong, healthy relationships if you apply the concepts of this book and "How to Win Friends and Influence People" to your life.
Summary of How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills." -- Larry King "The lost art of verbal communication may be revitalized by Leil Lowndes." -- Harvey McKay, author of ?How to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive? What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?" What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing with people. The author has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success. In her book How to Talk to Anyone (Contemporary Books, October 2003) Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques-- she takes the reader from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life. In this information-packed book you?ll find: - 9 ways to make a dynamite first impression
- 14 ways to master small talk, "big talk," and body language
- 14 ways to walk and talk like a VIP or celebrity
- 6 ways to sound like an insider in any crowd
- 7 ways to establish deep subliminal rapport with anyone
- 9 ways to feed someone's ego (and know when NOT to!)
- 11 ways to make your phone a powerful communications tool
- 15 ways to work a party like a politician works a room
- 7 ways to talk with tigers and not get eaten alive
In her trademark entertaining and straight-shooting style, Leil gives the techniques catchy names so you'll remember them when you really need them, including: "Rubberneck the Room," "Be a Copyclass," "Come Hither Hands," ?Bare Their Hot Button,? ?The Great Scorecard in the Sky," and "Play the Tombstone Game,? for big success in your social life, romance, and business. How to Talk to Anyone, which is an update of her popular book, Talking the Winner's Way (see the 5-star reviews of the latter) is based on solid research about techniques that work! By the way, don't confuse How to Talk to Anyone with one of Leil's previous books, How to Talk to Anybody About Anything. This one is completely different!
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