
How to Talk to Anyone
How to Communicate Better to Improve your Social Skills, Overcome Shyness and Low Self-Confidence + Little Tricks for Success in Relationships
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Dona Jackson
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Shirley Collins
About this listen
This book, How to Talk to Anyone: How to Communicate Better to Improve Your Social Skills, Overcome Shyness and Low Self-Confidence + Little Tricks for Success in Relationships, is written to help you acquire the confidence and skills you need to talk to anyone with style and flair.
This book walks you through the problems usually associated with the hesitation and anxiety that many people experience when it comes to approaching people and talking to them. It discusses negative self-talk and shyness in detail so you know exactly what feeds your anxiety. It also provides practical tips to help you "get unstuck" and overcome these issues.
The book unlocks tips and techniques to help you excel in areas critical to effective communication. It provides information to expand your self-awareness. It lays out sample conversation lines to help you power through difficult social situations. It helps you:
- Find the boldness to take control of your fears
- Articulate your thoughts and express your feelings
- Master the art of small talk as a channel to starting friendships and building connections
- Find conversations easy to navigate by presenting engaging topics to talk about and topics to avoid
- Get a handle on what conversation mistakes to avoid so you can converse with confidence and savoir-faire
- Master active listening skills to build stronger and more meaningful relationships
- Access the power of mental imagery through visualization
- Project confidence, grace, and style and make everyone take notice as you make a killer first impression
- Slay speeches and presentations like a true champion
Learn easy, practical techniques to help you transform from a shrinking violet into a rock star at making conversations.
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- Elizabeth Read
- 10-25-22
Unique Idea
If you give respect you get respect. Very familiar and simple words. You know yourself. Respecting a person's thoughts and ideas will encourage them to talk more openly with you. It will open the way for him to accept you, show you respect too. Learn to appreciate. Remember his name, look with kind eyes. Give the gift of pure smile. These will facilitate your communication with him.
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- Scott Brunner
- 10-16-22
Great book!
Moved to another state, all alone, needed to make friends and be able to speak to a variety of people, this little book helped.
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- Cristobal Homenick
- 01-14-23
Easy to learn!
This is a great supplementary audio reference guide for me. I was pleased to listen, and read, that it is include all the techniques.
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- Adah Mohr
- 01-12-23
Interesting and Insightful.
I like that the author shared helpful techniques on how to have deep conversations, master small talk and how to actually listen to others.
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- Kariane Weissnat
- 01-12-23
Informative and fascinating!
This book is Informative and fascinating! . It's truly fascinating to learn about communication skill.
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- Samuel K. Bruns
- 10-26-22
Easier
Another great way to overcome shyness is to learn to laugh at yourself. Incorporate a sense of humor into your life. You will see that you can easily convey difficult things to others. If you can laugh at yourself before someone else makes fun of your negative points, you can easily overcome the fear and shyness of speaking up. Instead of feeling unduly humiliated by small jokes, take life a little more lightly, socializing with people will become much easier.
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- Maricar
- 10-25-22
Life changing book
Always keep the window of your mind open. Don't hesitate to share your thoughts with someone. Even people who are younger than you, lower in rank or lower in qualifications - should feel free to talk to you about everything. When you are open-minded at work or at home and listen to everyone, you will get many new ideas, many misunderstandings will end and relationships will improve.
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- Jeffrey Ellis
- 10-23-22
Easy listening
You can never learn complete communication skills by reading textbooks. But by reading this book you can learn A to Z of communication skills inshallah. The author has written this book in his own straightforward language after reading many books on communication and doing research on communication.
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- Mya Bechtelar IV
- 01-10-23
An excellent book on communication.
This book is an excellent book on communication. This is a brilliant resource for anyone looking to improve their communication skills .
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- June Leuschke
- 01-14-23
Learn how to improve your communication skills.
This book discusses negative self-talk and shyness in detail so you know exactly what feeds your anxiety And it helps you to improve your communication skills.
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