How to Talk to Anyone: Learn the Secrets of Good Communication and the Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

by Adam Brown

Become a master at talking to anyone, it will be much easier for you to succeed in life. Aside from becoming more confident, you'll know how to make the right impression wherever you go. Have you ever found yourself in a crowded room with no one to talk to? Do you often keep to yourself at parties or events, because you lack the confidence to strike a conversation with someone? Are you constantly feeling anxious about meeting new people because you don't know what to say? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then its time that you learn the secret to communicating better.

Audiobook

First published January 1, 2018

Reviews

[CM · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this book to be very boring, there wasn't really any useful information that wasn't obvious. Basically the main message is that if you want to get better at talking to people, then you need to practice. The more you do it, the better you will get.

[Olivia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bible for autistic people (me)

[Adriyana Grotseva · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very short book talking about how to listen, how to have small talk, conversation do’s and dont’s. It is super basic and there is nothing new to learn in general unless you don’t know anything about basic human interaction. For basics - it is a good short summary. The nice definitions of listening and hearing from the book are: hearing is the act of picking up a sound by the ear. While listening is the process of hearing a sound and making sense of what you heard.

[Kayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

If your looking for a quick summary of the topic this is it.

[Vincent Druhora · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vincent Druhora
Brittney Toles
Deep Book Review 1
09/26/2024
How to Talk to Anyone by Adam Brown
How to Talk to Anyone, by Adam Brown, changed my view on a lot of things. My main takeaways are…
Get to know the person before you meet them
Positive self talk
Keep eye contact
Flooding smile
Mirror body language
Keep questions open ended
Active listening
Well timed complements
Do not forget their name
Focus on shared interest
Be authentic
These were some key points that stood out to me. The book emphasized how the power of body language is so important when talking to someone. This shows that you are interested in what the person is saying and talking to you. Another word for this is nonverbal communication when you express in a way with your body your facial expressions. The person that you're talking to appreciates you more than they would fear not verbally communicating with them. That's why nonverbal communication is so important when you're talking to someone that plays a big part in your life, for you to look up to or you to try to get something from them and import it into listening with your whole body.
Then, there is the art of listening, which is usually overlooked, but is more important than people would think. This book shows how to listen, and some ways to do it is to ask clarifying questions, showing empathy. This is huge for someone talking to someone, because at times, I even drift off and start thinking about different things. When you ask clarifying questions, in your showing expressions, it helps you keep your attention to what they're saying.
Open-ended questions help encourage the conversation to keep going, and, most importantly, to not have a dry conversation. I'm having something to constantly go off of as if you guys are best friends or have never met in your life and have so much to catch up on. This means to avoid closed-ended questions that are going to lead into one-word answers which then ends up into a dry conversation. There is also a huge value of genuine interest. It's when you show interest in their lives and you ask thoughtful questions and you truly care about them and you express that this means that you ask thoughtful questions making sure you're paying attention and most importantly remember detailed things that you guys talked about in the conversation. Then there is the power of positive reinforcement Positive reinforcement can help build a relationship and create a well non-toxic relationship whether it's your friend your spouse or your girlfriend It's important to send gratitude and offer compliments so that you care about them and get them gifts and overall just showing that you care about them. This book showed me a lot And I was able to learn a lot from this book I think being able to know most of these common things is very important in any relationship whether it's spouse, girlfriend, or friend Knowing that 12 key takeaways from the book is the most important when talking to anybody if you're not able to Do at least did those 12 that is something you should be practicing daily because you will have a very hard time in life if you're not able to communicate and show attention to someone properly. This book impacted me a lot on how I think of things how I look at things and how I approach certain situations I learned a lot from reading this and I hope I can suggest to a lot more people and I can share what I learned about it so that that can fall on other people and they can use those things to succeed in life. I think that everybody should read this book at least once in their life but just so you know the main skills to communicating to someone whether it's your partner or you're trying to do something with business it's important to be able to know what you're talking about to who you're talking to being able to show your full attention to who you're talking to and just overall being open to anything. A few things about Adam Brown the author of this book are that he's very passionate about the outdoors and a lot of things that are written in this book are through his experiences Out in the wilderness hiking up Up crazy tall Mountains and the struggle he had while doing that I'm going to finish off this Deep book that by showing genuine interest in others and listening actively to what they have to say, will lead to stronger connections and create more meaningful relationships. Remember, the most important thing in any conversation is to be yourself. Authenticity and genuine interest will always shine through and help you connect with others on a deeper level.

[Quincie Ingram · Rating 2 out of 5]

I listened to this as an audiobook and it was terrible. It was monotone and robotic. It was read very quickly and only lasted 25 minutes. I'm not sure I would consider this a book since it was so short.

As for the content, there are some good thoughts on conversations. My main take-away is to plan for conversations when I know I will be in situations where I will need to make small talk. Research what to talk about (or ask about) beforehand to feel more comfortable striking up a conversation.

[Andrea Criscione · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very, very brief but helpful tips. Yes, the tips are fairly obvious, common sense, yet they are good to review has reminders. Too many people (myself included) get caught up in their own thoughts while conversing, so this is a good quick summary of why and how to focus on the other person and listen.

[Anna Villanueva · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was super quick. I heard it as an audiobook and it was about 25 minutes. The narrator was really monotone so it was hard to follow for me. I thought the author offered great tips, I just wish there was a little bit more to it. He gives very straightforward advice but it is things I already knew, so if served more as a reminder.

[Greta Ti · Rating 1 out of 5]

A really boring one. States all the obvious “listen more, interact with people, ask open ended questions” and that’s it. Not much of story either, felt like reading a boring textbook, which didn’t even give me new information that wasn’t already blatantly obvious. A good book to skip.

[Jade J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Needed to up my Goodreads challenge, read it in 3 to 4 minutes.

[Daniyal Hassan · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book was a little rushed for my liking.

[Ali Nashath · Rating 5 out of 5]

In some simple words Adam has just clarified the importance building engaging conversation, I really like the way the concepts has been presented in the book and it is really meaningful.

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can sum up this book in one word… duh

[Kristina Konarcheva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great summary of the basics of communication which we tend to forget in our daily life. So this book serves as a quick and useful reminder!

[Emma Viktorsdóttir · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stutt bók um að vera meðvituð um að hlusta, virða og vera virkur þátttakandi í samskiptum.

[Sofia · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's an interesting book, very succinct, but interesting, I listened to the audiobook on a mini car trip.

[Sophie · Rating 1 out of 5]

waste of a 25 minute audio book

[Olayda Aden · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cute short book. It didn’t really give tips on how to start talking to people, more so how you should act in a conversation such as listening don’t pry too much, etc..

[Ann Lucarz · Rating 2 out of 5]

It sounded like it was being read by the computer (audio book). That made the advice on how to talk to people a little hard to believe.

[Angie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very short there’s honestly not that much information.

[Angel Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Audio booked it