How to talk to anyone: 92 little tricks for big success in relationships

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"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... Content: How to get anything you want from anybody (well at least have the best crack at it!) -- How to intrigue everyone without saying a word : you only have ten seconds to show you're a somebody -- How to know what to say after you say "Hi" -- How to talk like a VIP -- How to be an insider in any crowd : what are they all talking about? -- How to sound like you're peas in a pod : "Why, we're just alike!" -- How to differentiate the power of praise from the folly of flattery -- How to direct dial their hearts -- How to work a party like a politician works a room : the politician's six-point party checklist -- How to break the most treacherous glass ceiling of all : sometimes people are tigers.