Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 2 hours and 32 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Patrick King
Audible.com Release Date: July 18, 2016
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Language: English
ASIN: B01IIWRZX6
Best Sellers Rank: #12 in Books > Business & Money > Skills > Running Meetings & Presentations #32 in Books > Business & Money > Skills > Communications #47 in Books > Self-Help > Self-Esteem
I bought this volume of "Conversation Tactics" because I wanted to improve my social interactions with my friends and new people I meet. Don't expect an overnight change, but King offers a lot of ideas and step-by-step methods to improve your conversations. Your part, however, is to practice it and figure out what works for you.I felt I got immediate responses from trying some of the techniques in the book. For example, when meeting some new people, I saw an opportunity to try one of the described humor methods. Somewhat surprisingly, the method seemed to elicit genuine laughs from my new acquaintances, and that experience reinforced to me that the book's information was worthwhile.Some of the explanations seemed repetitive, but there was enough content in the book that I felt its length was justified. One thing I felt was not sufficiently discussed was how to gauge other people's interest in the conversation, when to change the subject, how to keep everyone engaged, etc, and some other things seemed only briefly touched on without solid examples. However, there was a lot of useful material to work with nonetheless.Overall, I found it to be a pretty good book for the price and length.
My favorite chapter was one of the earlier ones--I think it was called HPM and SBR come together? Lol. Anyway, it was a great way to look at conversations and exactly how you can reply to someone and always know what to say. Just go through it in your mind: hpm or sbr.... what fits here? Great.
The first 3 questions the author asked in the description hooked me in and I had to buy it. Guess what? This book does a solid job of answering those questions! The advice offered in this book is practical, easy, and fun. Highly reccommend
If you're looking for a book that has a 'heartfelt' feel to it, this is not your book. This book gets straight into it using emotional logic and 'put yourself in these shoes' sort of feel. Most of it is based on the author's experience as a sort of counselor, which gives proven and effective methods to communication, albeit one of them was a bit of memorization - which is inconvenient. The teachings are not meant to be used for a specific situation, rather it just outlines what should and shouldn't be done so you can be yourself without using some cliché line to save face. Overall this book is great for those who need an upper-hand with any kind of relationship, be it romantic, business, serious, casual, and more.
Covers just about everything it says it will. Now that's rare in a book. Time to break out of my shell and start getting what I want out of social situations! Hoorah! General wit and banter are what are taught in this book and who couldn't use more of that.It's also a plus that this book has a ton of examples and stories that aren't boring like the ones in other books where I say "What?!! That's not real life!!!"
This is maybe the most useful to me of the conversation tactics books, I loved. This one just has tips to use in daily conversation among friends, and isn't about confrontation or conflict or networking with strangers.It's about social situations and friends. Yay!
So uh... how are you doing? Good, how about you? Oh, good. Good, good to hear. How was your week? Pretty good, you? Good! That's great.Srsly, that seems like 80% of the convos I have during the week at happy hour or at work.Correction, that's how they used to be. Thanks Mr. King for showing me better ways to engage without boring interview sequences.
Buy this book for the chapters on conversational diversity. If they seem a uncomfortable to you, that's good. That means you have A LOT to improve on. seriously thinking about convos and how linear they are, as the author puts it, really gives perspective and lets you think outside the box.
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