Awkward Silences and How to Prevent Them: 25 Tactics to Engage, Captivate, and Always Know What to Say

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Struggle to hold people’s attention and keep them interested? Always feel stuck in boring interview mode?Whether you want to befriend strangers more easily, banter more smoothly with friends, or simply avoid the crushing tension of a never ending silence, Awkward Silences is the book you need to succeed.No more conversations that end prematurely - not by choice.Discover the subtle and nuanced tactics that allow you to seize control of any conversation and create social chemistry. This book will arm you with definitive tactics, maneuvers, and replies to whatever comes your way. This book is highly actionable, with step-by-step analyses of complex concepts like sarcasm, the ultimate witty comeback, conflict conversations, and storytelling. You’ll get exact words and phrases, NOT just “be confident and make eye contact.”Avoid those embarrassing, cringe-worthy moments.In Awkward Silences , you have renowned social skills and international bestselling author Patrick King showing you the ropes. Social interaction can be boiled down to a science if approached correctly, and he’ll do it for you. Never feel boring or uninteresting again.•How to set an engaging tone right off the bat.• The vocabulary and inflection details that make you attractive. •Storytelling essentials - unlike anything you’ve read before.• Elements of sarcasm, witty comebacks, and self-deprecation.Push people’s buttons that instantly make them responsive and interested.•How to introduce conversational diversity and break out of your patterns and routines.• Six types of responses you can summon in any situation. •Your habits that lead directly to awkward silences.• Common awkward situations and how to handle them correctly.Demonstrate social value and grace.Awkward silence signals social inability If you can instead demonstrate social ability and value, you will be have the types of conversations that benefit your career, love life, relationships, and friendships. People will be more drawn to you, old friends and strangers alike. You’ll not only always know what to say, you’ll know how to approach it in a clever and witty way. You’ll never leave a conversation feeling unsatisfied and annoyed that you said the wrong thing.Pick up your copy today by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page.ReviewAmusing and helpful. Who doesn't shudder at awkward silence? Anyway, loved the information on evoking stories versus telling them. I've noticed about myself in that I want to tell stories but probably in doing so do a poor job of listening. Instead, there are a few ways I have learned to get other people to speak, basically, and continue to speak. The author argues that you can interview people like sports broadcasters which I thought was insightful. I watch the NBA a lot so it was actually kind of true what he noticed. Additionally you can be a little bit shocked and play with that emotion more. I liked the final spin on making others the hero of the stories - including your stories! Great book.-ReaderI really like the idea of "conversational diveristy" as the author calls it. Basically there are infinite ways to responding to generic questions, but we choose the lazy and boring ones out of laziness and boredom,right? It doesn't sound so mind blowing but the point being made is we have lost our sense of pleasure and entertainment in conversation. So: would you rather... :)-Reader Good find on Amazon, this is a much more helpful and serious book than the cover would make you think. It's funny, but it also captures the feeling of the awkward silence pretty well. There are a lot of tips here to help you in convos, again, more than I expected. I liked this book a lot.-Reader