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How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships (Paperback)
by Leil Lowndes
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Communication skills, Social skills, Relationship guide, Business skills |
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Concise and to the point, this communication classic offers practical advice on how to communicate with people effectively. |
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Author: Leil Lowndes
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition
Pub. in: September, 2003
ISBN: 007141858X
Pages: 368
Measurements: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00800
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0071418584
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This book is often regarded as the modern version of Dale Carnegie's 1936 classic How To Win Friends and Influence People. |
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"Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee." The great English dramatist and poet Ben Jonson wrote these words in the seventeenth century. They are as true today as they were then. People evaluate you by the words you use and the way you use them. Of course, people also make judgments based on your body language, dress style, attitude, facial expressions and similar criteria that immediately register at a subconscious level. This outstanding book will put you well on your way to becoming a more attractive personality as it reveals the secrets that drama and speech coaches, sales trainers, communication consultants, psychologists and other behavioral experts employ to help their clients become more charismatic, dynamic and appealing. The famous journalist and social critic H.L. Mencken once wrote, "Before a man speaks, it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it." This cynical maxim may be true for many - but certainly not for those who study this book. It is chock-full of wonderful insights and proven techniques - a whopping 92 in all - that you can use to become the type of person that others admire. We recommend putting its valuable lessons to use.
(From quoting Rolf Robelli, Switzerland)
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A must for those seeking to enhance their speaking skills in any area of their life e.g. love, friendship, and business.
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From Publisher
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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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-27 00:00>
This is such a valuable book for men because it shows pretty much all the stock techniques women use to get a man who has the money and other external qualities they want. By reading this book you will learn to counter them and show them up. For instance when they tell you to tell a story to others so they can meet a richer guy you say while directly eying the others and ignoring her completely I'm sorry I think she is trying to ditch me so she can meet someone exciting and important so she can have the big life and experiences she wants without taking the usually required steps first. An essential education into the bathroom type talk that the white women never share with the white men at least in urban America. What they directly and indirectly tell each other. Great reference book so you don't get screwed. And if you are on the end trying to get what you need for a women either get the one who is looking and can't find anyone, staying at home and can't find anyone and not picky or make the money as implied you need throughout this book. Then you can work on playing the woman's game - the stock tricks of the trade as described in this book. But rest assured when she says anyone can use these tricks and be successful if you use them right in white American at least she means women with at least a certain amount of attractiveness. The white men need the externals and/or ability to make good enough grades, recruiters, external networks or a rich women who will take them first. Incidently I don't know what they teach them but whatever Librarians are learning in school about how to talk to others tops this book- they are the best conversationilists I have yet met even when I suspect that under it all they are really shy. |
Jon Vincon (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-27 00:00>
Most of the advice given in this book is sensible and useful, and contrary to the John Smith review above, it is not stuff that everyone learns when they're very young. Perhaps one or two of the 92 tricks might be better left untried, but discerning readers will spot them easily enough.
What you might not care for is what surrounds the advice. For example, the author keeps repeating that her book is aimed at a more "sophisticated" generation than Dale Carnegie's, which is hard to take seriously if you know anything at all about that period of history. And if we really are so much more sophisticated, why do we need these techniques explained to us in more detail, rather than less?
The humor can be irritating at times, and there's even a minor factual error: Cape Canaveral is referred to as Cape Kennedy. Yes, that last item is a shameless "gotcha", but it's a good example of what you have to look past in order to get the most benefit from this book.
Fortunately, since the 92 chapters are all very short, and each technique is summarized in its own little box, it's not difficult for a disciplined reader to ignore these problems, and focus on the essential information. All in all, quite helpful. |
Shane Brewer (MSL quote), Canada
<2007-05-27 00:00>
How To Talk To Anyone goes through 92 little techniques that you can incorporate into your communication to improve the way people perceive, respect, and respond to you. The book is written in several short chapters, only about 3 pages each.
The author gives some great advice regarding body language, facial expression, how to read people, and how to keep the conversation flowing. The author also goes into how to sound more pleasant on the phone and how to sound like a few knowledgeable person in almost any setting.
The author does need to work on her humor as I found her sense a little dry. She can also tend to come across and picky and shallow from time to time, but I suppose we all have to deal with these types of people anyway. I also really would have liked all of the summaries given at the end of each chapter to have been listed again at the end of the book, to allow one to easily review the main points without having to flip through the book.
However I really enjoyed this book and will likely be going back to it to refresh myself and to stay on top of the techniques mentioned. A must read. 5 out of 5 stars.
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T. Sparfeld (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-27 00:00>
You will enjoy this book. I bought it on clearance at a book store and hoped it would be worth it for the plane ride. It has proved to be fantastic. I have never prided myself on being good at small talk or at introductions, but Lowndes gives you numerous practical tips which can be easily and immediately applied. Although many of these tactics are specifically meant for introductions and first impressions, they can also be used for daily contact with acquaintances and friends as well. (It also feels good to come across some of the tricks and know that you already have been doing that). Unless you live in a cave, you're conversations with others will be more valuable to you than money you use to get this book. |
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