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  • How to Talk to Anyone

  • 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
  • By: Leil Lowndes
  • Narrated by: Joyce Bean, Leil Lowndes
  • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (944 ratings)

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How to Talk to Anyone

By: Leil Lowndes
Narrated by: Joyce Bean, Leil Lowndes
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Publisher's Summary

"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 that 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, Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques - she takes the listener from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life. In this information-packed audiobook you’ll 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.

How to Talk to Anyone, which is an update of her popular book, Talking the Winner's Way (see the 5-star reviews of the latter) is based on solid research about techniques that work!

By the way, don't confuse How to Talk to Anyone with one of Leil's previous books, How to Talk to Anybody About Anything. This one is completely different!

©2003 Leil Lowndes. (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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insightful tips for better communication

author gives valuable techniques ranging from common sense, body language, to nlp techniques.
i enjoyed this book very much.

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Great advice, a little dated

I learnt plenty from this book and it was absolutely worthwhile listening to.
It could benefit from being updated. Call a mistake a "boo boo" rather than a "boner".
I think it was written in 1999, so it has some references to writing letters, using landline phones, etc.
I certainly learned some ways in which I am committing social faux pas, which I can now work to correct. Some of the tips have come to me naturally now with no practice - I just had to head them to have an "a ha" moment.
This book seems geared towards people who are either in sale or having a business selling something. However I think the techniques can be applied to internal customers, patients, and other business or non business relationships you want to strengthen or benefit from.

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Boring.

Only got to number 26 & couldn’t go no further, just boring & un-relatable. Waste of money!

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A solid read

This book provided many examples. Overall, it helped me become aware and gave me practical advice. This book would be great for those with social anxiety.

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Captivating listen

Easy to listen to with great tips, however it explain that you first need to have some foundation of social skills first.

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amazing.

i need a hard copy to highlight all the great info. legit book! great for negotiating

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excellent

excellent I love how there are lots of examples
instead of just facts . great advice

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A very nice & useful book

Easy listening with practical advices. i really enjoyed listening to it. Highly recommend with real life examples

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Loaded with wisdom

Definitely listening to this audiobook a second and third time. I regret only learning these skills in my 40’s but it’s never too late 😀

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Good

Great reminders to listen to with a case study behind each one. Would recommend to people in general and in business.

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