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Kindle Edition
Publisher: Java Books
Format: Kindle Book
Discover the Powerful Secrets of Winning Small Talk! Communication is one of life?s most essential skills, yet the vast majority of people have never been taught a simple way to master it...until now! In this easy-to-understand book, you'll 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 ways: * Develop unshakable self-confidence * Create outstanding first impressions * 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 will last you a lifetime * Enjoy the unlimited freedom of self-expression anytime & anywhere Steve Nakamoto serves as the dating/relationship expert of iVillage.com's "Ask Mr. Answer Man" message boards. He is a former human-relations and NLP personal development trainer. Over the years, Steve has appeared on 220+ radio and television shows. He has also received two Writer's Digest International Book Awards for his other works, Dating Rocks! The 21 Smartest Moves Women Make For Love and Men Are Like Fish: What Every Woman Needs To Know About Catching A Man.
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| Easy (and Fun) to read |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This is a book about how to connect with people. Steve Nakamoto explains how "private speaking, as opposed to public speaking" is the key to achieving success in our lives. He describes how becoming aware of how we communicate on a one-to-one basis with others, and improving our skills in this area, allows us to connect more with the people in our world, and improve our chances of success in all areas of our lives.
The book offers a systematic approach to what constitutes good communication, as well as examples (many from his life) on what mistakes people make when trying to connect with others. You have to admire someone who is not only brave enough to share the many communication mistakes of his life, but who has the tenacity and commitment to analyse these mistakes, and translate them into 21 simple rules of successful communication.
Each of the 21 rules presented has a clear easy- to- read chapter dedicated to it. The rule is defined, followed by a precise objective of the rule, so that you are aware of exactly what you need to achieve. A set of guidelines are then presented offering good and bad examples of communication, and explanations for why they work or don't work. There are easy to do exercises for learning each rule, as well as ways in which you can practice in everyday conversation with others.
As Steve says in his book "Many people believe you're either born with the gift of gab or arrive into this world without it. In reality, brilliant conversationalists have developed and refined the skills of expression over the course of their entire lives." Instead of acquiring the skills through trial and error over a lifetime, this book offers you the basic rules in becoming a brilliant conversationist right now.
Some of the points mentioned are common sense, but with the prevalence of relationship breakdowns and cultural conflicts in our world today, it seems that common sense is not so common after all. Nearly all of us can fall into bad habits when conversing with others and Steve reminds us, not only what these may be, but how to correct them.
This book sets out the basic tools of communication that many great conversationist may take for granted, but many other people are totally unaware of, and therefore left wondering why they just can't seem to connect with others as well as they would like.
For those wishing to improve on their communication skills and learn how to build rapport with others, this book is a great resource. For those who have already mastered the skill of good communication and ever been asked how it is done, it is worth taking a look at the principles, as here is a manual offering sound advice you can share with friends, family members or anyone who has ever asked for help. The book is a `teaching manual' and `dictionary' of conversation as it sets out many techniques you may already use intuitively, but may not yet have identified or articulated.
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| CAN WE TALK? |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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In today's world, a civilized conversation almost seems like a lost art. Steve Nakamoto's book "Talk Like a Winner" puts civility and enjoyment back into conversing with your fellow man. Nakamoto has organized his book into easily understandable chapters of 21 rules. The rules are so common sense, it makes one wonder why everyone isn't a good conversationalist naturally. I recommend reading one chapter/one rule a day and applying that knowledge in the next day's conversation. You will be amazed how quickly your new skills will become second nature. Now enjoy the good life with good conversations and being a winner!
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| Read This First Before You Talk! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Communicating well isn't as easy as it sounds. Most of us know this from sad experience as we open our mouths at work, in our relationships, with strangers and with family and friends.
How often do you wish you had said something different or expressed yourself in a different way?
Now you can learn to be more effective and those you interact with will love talking with you.
The wonderful pictures (cartoons) in this great book are part of the great learning style the book utilizes to let you learn and practice your new skills.
I've been a workshop leader & writer for years and still found many new ways of looking at my communications because of "Talk Like A Winner".
If you ever feel like your communications could use a bit of skill building, then this book should be your next gift to yourself!
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| 21 simple skills to bring out the best in ourselves and others..... |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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By Sofia Steryo-Bartmus, Author, "Paws of Wisdom-Valuable Lessons We Can Learn From Our Pets"
If you want to have success in life you have to become a great communicator, and this book will teach you that. "Talk like a Winner" is full of great ideas that are simple, yet powerful. This book is fun, well organized, easy to read and understand. Each chapter starts with a humurous cartoon that will bring a smile to your face. Steve gives suggestions on how to use the book in a way that will fit your needs and learning style, so that you can get the most benefit from it. Using these powerful ideas in your daily life will help you build strong and healthy relationships with your friends, family, co-workers and business associates.
Most people may want to become great "public speakers", but Steve teaches you how to become a great "private speaker". After all, we do most of our speaking all day long with people around us and people we interact with. So, the better we become in our personal communications the more success we can achieve in all areas of our lives. It is not how much you know that matters, it is how well you connect with your audience, whether it is hundreds of people or one person you work with. Creating an emotional connection is what makes the "simple rules" conversation successful, and Steve gives you 21 ways to do that! This is a book you need to read and then re-read as reference, until you can master and apply the 21 steps he teaches.
Steve Nakamoto, overcame his fear of public speaking by practicing certain skills (and the more we practice the better we become), because his courage exceeded his fear of humiliation. If we too can master our everyday communications and "start talking like winners", we too can overcome our obstacles and become happier individuals.
I recommend this inspiring and motivational self-help book to anyone who is ready to take charge of their life and start designing their own positive future!
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| I am SO SICK OF THIS GUY AND HIS FAKE REVIEWS FOR VANITY PRESS BOOKS!!!!!! |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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After years of being a devoted amazon shopper, and heavily relying on listmania and reader reviews for credible information, I have finally had it with this guy's deceptive practices in self-promoting. So I am today "reviewing" his reviews, and his dumb books. This guy has written SEVENTY EIGHT (!!!) "listmania" lists, and in every one, he recommends his own stupid books with their own fake (or so I highly suspect) reviews. I bought two of his books (including "Fish" and "Dating Rocks") based on amazon reviews I now believe were fabricated. Both were just regurgetations of the material in other peoples' books. That's fine, I guess, but stop polluting amazon with your fake reviews and bombardment of listmania lists, where actual, objective readers' listmanias and recommendations might otherwise be viewed in place of your, de facto, "advertisements." Check out any book on dating or relationships amazon offers, and this guy has somehow inserted his name on the page, his name constantly appearing in the reviews as an "author" reviewer, or as an "award-winning" "author" contributor on listmania. (By the way, his "awards" are "honorable mentions" in self-published books. Wow!!!) Enough, already!! A more productive use of time might be taking a few writing classes rather than spending so much time "reviewing" other writers' relationship books - especially while using the "review" as an opportunity to just shamelessly self-promote. Maybe then he can get a REAL (rather than vanity press) publisher and stop writing fake reviews of how "fabulous" his books are. I totally resent having wasted my money on 2 vanity press, recycled material other writers have executed far better. Also, notice how his OWN books are always "recommended" on his listmania lists?!! Pathetic! Hey Steve, go away already, would you???!!
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