How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships [Paperback]

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 ofHow 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 bookHow 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 youll find:

• 9 ways to make a dynamite first impression
• 14 ways to master small talk, big talk, and body language
• 14 ways to walk and talk like a VIP or celebrity
• 6 ways to sound like an insider in any crowd
• 7 ways to establish deep subliminal rapport with anyone
• 9 ways to feed someone's ego (and know when NOT to!)
• 11 ways to make your phone a powerful communications tool
• 15 ways to work a party like a politician works a room
• 7 ways to talk with tigers and not get eaten alive

In her trademark entertaining and straight-shooting style, Leil gives the techniques catchy names so you'll remember them when you really need them, including: Rubberneck the Room, Be a Copyclass, Come Hither Hands, Bare Their Hot Button, The Great Scorecard in the Sky, and Play the Tombstone Game, for big success in your social life, romance, and business.

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