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Talk Like a Winner!: 21 Simple Rules for Achieving Everyday Communication Success
TALK LIKE A WINNER! 21 SIMPLE RULES FOR ACHIEVING EVERYDAY COMMUNICATION SUCCESS is the one comprehensive guidebook that effectively helps people master their conversational skills. The author is Steve Nakamoto, iVillage.com's Mr. Answer Man relationship expert, who shows people how to build stronger personal and professional relationships one conversation at a time.
In this easy-to-understand book, you will learn how to handle the 21 most critical steps to accelerating your success with everyday communication. Using these powerful ideas in your daily routine will allow you to take charge of your own life in the following
* Develop unshakable self-confidence
* Connect quickly & easily with others
* Keep your romantic connections alive
* Get other people to like & respect you
* Bring out the best in yourself & others
* Avoid costly & unnecessary arguments
* Build strong & healthy relationships that last a lifetime
* Enjoy the unlimited freedom of self-expression anytime & anywhere
Conversation is one of life's most essential basic skills, yet the vast majority of people have never been taught a simple way to master it...until now. With the help of this entertaining book, you too will soon be talking like a winner!
In this easy-to-understand book, you will learn how to handle the 21 most critical steps to accelerating your success with everyday communication. Using these powerful ideas in your daily routine will allow you to take charge of your own life in the following
* Develop unshakable self-confidence
* Connect quickly & easily with others
* Keep your romantic connections alive
* Get other people to like & respect you
* Bring out the best in yourself & others
* Avoid costly & unnecessary arguments
* Build strong & healthy relationships that last a lifetime
* Enjoy the unlimited freedom of self-expression anytime & anywhere
Conversation is one of life's most essential basic skills, yet the vast majority of people have never been taught a simple way to master it...until now. With the help of this entertaining book, you too will soon be talking like a winner!
240 pages, Paperback
First published April 24, 2008
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December 27, 2019
Към тази книга посегнах, за да опресня тренинг програмата си за презентационни умения и...
От тази гледна точка не съм особено доволен, защото всъщност книгата е ръководство по справяне с проблемите на ежедневното общуване.
Затова би била полезна на някои хора, особено на влюбените в собствения си глас (ако приемем, че е лечима диагноза) 😊
Като всеки друг наръчник, пълна е с практически съвети какво и как да го правите.
Взех си някои дребни неща, например съветите за нагаждане към събеседника и контролиране на разговора.
Остава уговорката, че от подобен тип четива има смисъл само и единствено, ако прилагате наученото - в края на всяка глава Накамото те предизвиква да си избереш една от описаните техники и да я прилагаш поне една седмица.
Което не е достатъчно да се превърне в навик и все пак ще ви помогне да се замислите върху начините, по които общувате 😉
От тази гледна точка не съм особено доволен, защото всъщност книгата е ръководство по справяне с проблемите на ежедневното общуване.
Затова би била полезна на някои хора, особено на влюбените в собствения си глас (ако приемем, че е лечима диагноза) 😊
Като всеки друг наръчник, пълна е с практически съвети какво и как да го правите.
Взех си някои дребни неща, например съветите за нагаждане към събеседника и контролиране на разговора.
Остава уговорката, че от подобен тип четива има смисъл само и единствено, ако прилагате наученото - в края на всяка глава Накамото те предизвиква да си избереш една от описаните техники и да я прилагаш поне една седмица.
Което не е достатъчно да се превърне в навик и все пак ще ви помогне да се замислите върху начините, по които общувате 😉
May 20, 2018
I got this book on sale but couldn’t finish bc I did not appreciate the writing style
September 28, 2018
It was a good book but was just mislead to this king it would be for a little bit more advanced communicators
January 30, 2020
Helpful in all aspects of my communication skills or lack of. I began practicing right away and do see improvement. Definitely a confidence booster.
January 9, 2009
Too shy to strike up a conversation? Can get one started but cannot keep it going? Or is it that you are often putting your foot in your mouth? You’d be surprised at how many of us out there need help in basic communication skills. Steve Nakamoto, the author of Talk Like a Winner: 21 Simple Rules for Achieving Everyday Communication Success, is considered and expert in this area. Steve has been interviewed on a plethora of media outlets: television, radio, newspapers, magazines… But until now Steve Nakamoto has been considered more of a dating expert. He was previously the author of the best sellers Men are like Fish and Dating Rocks which shot him initially to fame and led to his career as the “Ask Mr. Answer Man” on iVillage.com. Steve has helped a multitude of women with dating and now he aims to open up the field with his sage conversation advice.
Steve’s book focuses on the 21 areas where people often find themselves weak when it comes to communicating with others. Personally when I looked at the table of contents I thought “Well, if there are any areas listed here where I am weak, it is because it is an area that I haven’t cared to focus on.” But in reading the book I started to see areas that I thought before I was adequate and found that maybe I did need a little more work. Examples? Adjusting to get the listener more involved and controlling the flow of the conversation better to keep it from turning unnecessarily negative. The book is full of advice that, when heeded, will act as fillers to wherever you might have gaps in your skills. And in the areas where you might not have gaps Steve’s advice can act as a reminder.
Talk Like a Winner was written in a way that if you already have a good idea of where your weaknesses lie you can go directly to the area in the book that covers the issue you might feel weak on, whether it be listening, smiling, responding or whatever, and you can focus on developing that part of your communication repertoire from the very beginning. Or you can do like I did and read the book from page one to the end and evaluate as you go. It is up to you really.
Steve Nakamoto’s book was interesting to me overall mainly because I have always considered myself a fair conversationalist and have even considered that I get better with age because I feel more interested in others’ life stories. When I was in high school I had even won awards for extemporaneous speaking at the Future Business Leaders of America conferences in my home state. But in reading this book I was reminded of one of the best conversationalists I have ever met in my life who’d been in the back of my mind for some time now. This person was a man named Jason Kulgelman and he interviewed people for Pacifica Radio. Whenever you had finished a conversation with Jason you always felt like some kind of genius because he seemed genuinely interested in what you had to say and he asked lots of questions and he complemented you along the way. In reading Steve Nakamoto’s book I was taken down a notch. I realized when going over Steve’s various points that it wasn’t that I was so smart but more likely that Jason was a master communicator.
But I suppose this is the whole point Steve Nakamoto was making with this book. If you master the art of interpersonal communication and learn to talk like a winner, you will be more interesting to lots more people. They will go away feeling special for having conversed with you and you will go away feeling involved and enriched.
Steve’s book focuses on the 21 areas where people often find themselves weak when it comes to communicating with others. Personally when I looked at the table of contents I thought “Well, if there are any areas listed here where I am weak, it is because it is an area that I haven’t cared to focus on.” But in reading the book I started to see areas that I thought before I was adequate and found that maybe I did need a little more work. Examples? Adjusting to get the listener more involved and controlling the flow of the conversation better to keep it from turning unnecessarily negative. The book is full of advice that, when heeded, will act as fillers to wherever you might have gaps in your skills. And in the areas where you might not have gaps Steve’s advice can act as a reminder.
Talk Like a Winner was written in a way that if you already have a good idea of where your weaknesses lie you can go directly to the area in the book that covers the issue you might feel weak on, whether it be listening, smiling, responding or whatever, and you can focus on developing that part of your communication repertoire from the very beginning. Or you can do like I did and read the book from page one to the end and evaluate as you go. It is up to you really.
Steve Nakamoto’s book was interesting to me overall mainly because I have always considered myself a fair conversationalist and have even considered that I get better with age because I feel more interested in others’ life stories. When I was in high school I had even won awards for extemporaneous speaking at the Future Business Leaders of America conferences in my home state. But in reading this book I was reminded of one of the best conversationalists I have ever met in my life who’d been in the back of my mind for some time now. This person was a man named Jason Kulgelman and he interviewed people for Pacifica Radio. Whenever you had finished a conversation with Jason you always felt like some kind of genius because he seemed genuinely interested in what you had to say and he asked lots of questions and he complemented you along the way. In reading Steve Nakamoto’s book I was taken down a notch. I realized when going over Steve’s various points that it wasn’t that I was so smart but more likely that Jason was a master communicator.
But I suppose this is the whole point Steve Nakamoto was making with this book. If you master the art of interpersonal communication and learn to talk like a winner, you will be more interesting to lots more people. They will go away feeling special for having conversed with you and you will go away feeling involved and enriched.
September 4, 2011
In "Talk Like A Winner", Steve Nakamoto offers 21 tips on applying the basic social skills of personal communications most of us have forgotten or never learned. His book does present anything new because there is nothing new in how two humans communicate. What is new and unique with "Talk Like A Winner" is the simplicity of how Nakamoto explains the material and how the book is organized.
On the book cover is a quote from Brian Tracy. I did not need to read too far to see that Nakamoto is a student of Tracy, and a good one at that. The book is broken into 21, 10-page chapters, each teaching a specific skill of personal communications. Each chapter is laid out exactly the same. I like the consistent organization; an excellent way to learn.
"Talk Like A Winner" would make an great text for class on personal communications. A class that should be taught many times during a students career.
On the book cover is a quote from Brian Tracy. I did not need to read too far to see that Nakamoto is a student of Tracy, and a good one at that. The book is broken into 21, 10-page chapters, each teaching a specific skill of personal communications. Each chapter is laid out exactly the same. I like the consistent organization; an excellent way to learn.
"Talk Like A Winner" would make an great text for class on personal communications. A class that should be taught many times during a students career.
January 31, 2019
El libro me ha dado muchas enseñansas pero como veo no es mi tipo de libro asi que le doy 3 estrellas👍
August 20, 2011
كتاب رائع جداً وعملي
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