[Audio Book]How To Make People Like You In 90 Seconds or Less
The average person's attention span lasts about 30 seconds. That means
first and immediate impressions count, and big. In this modern-day
update of Dale Carnegie's classic How to Win Friends and Influence
People, former fashion photographer Nicholas Boothman instructs you in
how to mold those 30 seconds to your greatest advantage and connect
with others at business and social functions.
Boothman, now a lecturer and licensed master practitioner of
neurolinguistic programming (the art and science of how the brain
affects human connections), says that the key to making others like you
quickly lies in establishing a rapport: you have to find out what you
have in common or, if you seemingly have nothing in common, purposely
try to become like the other person for a short time. He then goes on
to offer simple techniques for getting a rapport going: adopt a
positive attitude; make sure your words, tone, and gestures are all
saying the same thing; synchronize your attitude and body movements to
those of another person's (which makes the person feel comfortable with
you--although he or she may not know why); and ask lots of open-ended
questions. Boothman also describes how to figure out a stranger's
favored sense for receiving information about the world--some rely on
visual cues, others on auditory or kinesthetic (touch) input--and use
it to your best advantage.
If discovering how to connect with others is the secret to business
and life success, as Boothman contends, then employing the strategies
in this book will make you instantly likeable and give you a leg up on
the competition.
Blessed with an irresistible premise and title, this well-packaged
self-help book draws its advice from neuro-linguistic programming and a
study of interpersonal communication conducted by two UCLA doctors.
While its clearly presented techniques may help readers clear
communications hurdles in social and professional interactions, this
upbeat volume will probably appeal most to readers interested in dating
and nurturing romantic attachments. A former fashion photographer who
gives "Positive Connection" seminars, Boothman breaks down the process
of connecting with people into discrete stepsAmeeting, establishing
rapport and opening up communicationAand provides simple examples,
self-assessments, exercises and sample dialogue. He contends that a key
to establishing rapport lies in synchronizing behavior or mimicking the
other person's pose, facial expression, gestures, body language and
tone of voice. According to the principles of neuro-linguistic
programming, Boothman recommends categorizing people according to how
they take in information (e.g., visually, aurally or by feel) and
responding in kind. Though the book reads like an adapted seminar or
puffed-up magazine article, Workman's ambitious promotional campaign
and usual canny marketing may well make this little book one of the
season's most popular impulse purchases. 20-city author tour.
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