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Summary: Great book for learning Conversational Skills
Review: I would suggest this book to anyone who is in need of learning better conversational skills. I have found the information in this book to be helpful and aplicable to my life. Great Book!
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!
Review: I'll keep it short. It's one of the best book I'd ever read. While reading it, my personality started to change, for the better. In the last few years, i'm changing the most right now. This book is good, it's great! READ IT!
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Summary: Excellent!...
Review: I'm so grateful that I read this book. I think it's way more professional than "The fine art of small talk". It has an inside-out analysis of conversational behaviors. Plus it not only teaches you what to do, but how to do it in such a clear and organized way. I will feel ashame if my communication skills don't get significantly improved after reading this book.Excellent book! Give it a try!
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Summary: Good book for quiet people
Review: If you frequently find yourself unable to think of anything to say, or anything worthwhile to say, buy this book. Before I bought this book I would always find myself in dead-end conversations. People would think I was boring and had nothing going for me. While that's true, this book has helped me to at least seem like a regular person. If you're a complete introvert with no hope this book might not turn you into Mr. Popularity but it will do you A LOT of good. Buy it!
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!
Review: If you have problems starting conversations or keeping them going, this is a very helpful book. However, it's not a panacea- to improve your conversational skill you'll have to practice. Each section describes a single "issue", such as the basics of effective listening, or how to follow up on information you learn during a conversation. None of it will make you gasp and realize that's the hidden key, but it serves as a useful discussion of why each issue is important. Integrated into the discussion are instructions on how to use it in your day-to-day life. Since none of the ideas are much more than fairly well-known components of interpersonal conversation, most of your learning from this book won't come from reading. However, if you follow the author's suggestions and read one section, then practice it for a day, it really is useful.
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Summary: Easy and Helpful
Review: If you have problems starting conversations or keeping them going, this is a very helpful book. However, it's not a panacea- to improve your conversational skill you'll have to practice. Each section describes a single "issue", such as the basics of effective listening, or how to follow up on information you learn during a conversation. None of it will make you gasp and realize that's the hidden key, but it serves as a useful discussion of why each issue is important. Integrated into the discussion are instructions on how to use it in your day-to-day life. Since none of the ideas are much more than fairly well-known components of interpersonal conversation, most of your learning from this book won't come from reading. However, if you follow the author's suggestions and read one section, then practice it for a day, it really is useful.
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Summary: Not a horrible book
Review: It is just pretty vague (like this review) I'm one who likes lots of details, through explanations, theory behind the principles, etc and this book just doesn't provide it. However, if all you are looking for is "this is what you need to do, and here's how" then I think it is adequate.
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Summary: Highly Recommended!!!
Review: It was worth a long wait! I started reading this book as soon as it arrived. I'm a very shy person who is self conscious and hate social gatherings(which is why I bought this book...). Immediatley reading this book, I already got the confident and feel excited about going out to meet new people!! This book has such great examples which are practical and useful. I can relate to the stories he writes. I hightly recommend this book to people who are shy, self conscious, hate social gatherings. This book is a tool to make you a more outgoing, confident person!! Good luck!
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Summary: Excellent Book - Very Practical
Review: The author gives personal (and sometimes embarrassing) anecdotes about his own conversational blunders which helps the reader feel much more at ease. Excellent writing style. Much practical advice. Read this book a few times and it absorb it all and you will have no problems conversing with anyone!
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Summary: Excellent book for starting conversations
Review: The book is direct, clearly written, with many practical examples. There are books on the market that are more detailed in specific topics such as active listening, but as an overall practical guide to improving social effectiveness through starting and maintaining conversations, this is excellent. The key to good converstation, per the author, is asking open ended questions that focus on the other person. Be actively engaged in the conversation through active listening. The book also goes into how deliver honest positives, even when that is difficult. You could call this "spin", but it is spin in the more positive sense, as opposed to what some politicians have performed. The book also deals with how to communicate personal information to maintain and develop the conversation, use of body language, active listening, issuing invitation (conversations and other), handling criticism, defusing difficult situations, and requesting change of behaviors in others. As I said, the book is well written, covers each subject well, with plenty of useful examples. If you liked Covey's "Seven Habits", you'll like this book. I plan to make use of many of the techniques.
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