How you can talk to anyone : never be lost for words / Keith Souter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Souter, Keith.

Series:

Teach yourself books.

Teach yourself

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal communication.

Elocution.

Conversation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Hodder Education, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""How You Can Talk To Anyone"" will change the life of any reader who finds themselves scared and shy in social situations - and it will have a pretty amazing effect on those who just need a bit of a confidence boost!

Contents:

Cover; Book title; Contents; Introduction; 1 Tongue-tied and terrified; You are not alone!; A common social phobia; Just butterflies; What is it that you are really afraid of?; Anticipatory anxiety; Which psychological model?; Not one key but a whole bunch; Summary; 2 Shyness; What is shyness?; How common is it?; Is it a disorder?; The causes of shyness; Introversion and extraversion; Disadvantages of shyness; Advantages of shyness; 3 Silence your inner critic; What some psychologists said about talking; The psychology of selves; The inner critic; Silencing your inner critic

Making your critic work for you4 Hesitation and stammering; Hesitation; Stammering; A mixture of mechanics and emotion; The 'Life Cycle' and how to put things in perspective; Stammer More Easily or Speak More Fluently; 5 Appreciate your voice; Why you should learn to like your own voice; Distinctive voices; Change your tone at will; Voice problems; Protect your voice; 6 Small talk matters; Make time for pleasantries; Opening lines or opening gambits; Appropriateness and crossing boundaries; Building rapport with NLP; Openers should be open; Now you are talking; Closing down; To summarize...

7 How you look, act and sayThe eyes say a lot; The 3-Vs - verbal, vocal and visual content; Body language; How you say things; Practice makes perfect (or almost); 8 Dinner parties; Preparing for the dinner party; Your role as a guest; Dinner party etiquette; 9 Mingling; When you enter a crowded room what do you do?; Personal space and proxemics; The art of mingling; Breaking into a clique; 10 Flirtation; An innate behaviour; Love chemistry; Courting behaviour; The five phases of courtship; Asking someone out; The date; Pillow talk; 11 It's how you tell them; ACT

Observe and listen to comediansMirror mirror on the wall, who is the funniest of them all?; Types of jokes you may try; 12 Winning arguments; What do we mean by argument?; The art of persuasion; The structure of an argument; 13 Presentations; Don't compare yourself with others; But if you do compare yourself with others ...; Know your subject; Prepare your subject; Good planning; Script and rehearsal; Body language; Visual aids; 14 Making a speech; Could you just say a few words?; Wedding speeches; Divorce speeches; Funeral oration; Persuasive speech; After-dinner speaking; Saying thank you

15 Be assertive in conflictWimp, warrior or wizard?; The PEA strategy; 16 Interviews; Your curriculum vitae; Self-esteem; Preparing for the interview; The result; 17 Talking to authority; Jungian archetypes; Dealing with bullies; When people raise their voices; 18 Don't shoot the messenger; Bringing bad news; Expressing sympathy; Whistle-blowing; 19 There is a call for you; What are you afraid of?; Learning to love the telephone; 20 Don't quote me - talking to the media; Does it fill you with terror?; Giving a newspaper interview; Radio interviews; Television; 21 Afterwords - keep talking!

Practice changes the way the brain works

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-37213-0

9786613818966

1-4441-5688-8

OCLC:

804663839