The Best Kept Secrets of Great Communicators: Nine Secret Weapons to Shine Socially, Uncover Opportunities, and Be Perceived as Smarter, Sharper, and Savvier [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Peter Thomson (Author, Reader), Peter Thompson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2003

When we investigate the most powerful and influential people in the world, we discover that they all have something in common: effective communication. Using the principles of powerful communication, they developed the ability to influence others in a profound way, all the while winning both respect and admiration.

The powerful art of persuasion and effective communication extends beyond mere words. Body language, intention, positioning, and other factors play a significant part. Peter Thomson helps make the unconscious aspects of communication conscious and maximizes our persuasive powers so that we can become more charismatic and influential communicators.

In The Best-Kept Secrets of Great Communicators, you will learn:

• Active listening techniques and the impact they have on enhancing your personal and professional relationships
• How to handle difficult communication situations with effectiveness
• The hidden power of questions that can turn challenging situations into winning achievements
• How to be more confident and persuasive in any endeavor that you pursue
• Body language -- how to spot whether people are lying or telling the truth

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Peter Thomson is one of the UK's leading strategists in the areas of communication and personal and business growth. Having started in business in 1972, he built and sold three successful companies, enabling him to retire at age 42. Far from living the leisurely life, Peter is an active public speaker, motivator, and writer who has published three books and over a dozen audiobooks. He was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the American Intercontinental University.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio/Nightingale-Conant (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743530144
• ISBN-13: 978-0743530149
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #659,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listen to this to improve your communication skills!, March 1, 2004

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Bryan Castro (Williamsville, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Kept Secrets of Great Communicators: Nine Secret Weapons to Shine Socially, Uncover Opportunities, and Be Perceived as Smarter, Sharper, and Savvier (Audio CD)

Peter Thompson gives a comprehensive method of improving your communication skills. He gives 9 "secrets" and expounds on them, giving examples, defining them, and tell you how to improve them. These secrets (not in any particular order) include active listening, using body language, asking questions, and others.

The great thing about it is that it is entertaining and practical. I enjoyed listening to it and then trying to apply them in my life. Any person in business needs these skills, and I would say anyone can benefit from it, since we all communicate with others (well, unless you are a hermit in the mountains I suppose).

He also gives tips on how to better practice these skills and use the audio. Overall, it was a great program.

53 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great advice, poor accent, March 1, 2004

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Edvin Talusan "Edvin Talusan" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Kept Secrets of Great Communicators: Nine Secret Weapons to Shine Socially, Uncover Opportunities, and Be Perceived as Smarter, Sharper, and Savvier (Audio CD)

These best kept secrets aren't very well kept secrets, because I knew most of them already. I heard some of these secrets from other sources before I heard them from Peter Thomson. However, they are great communication skills and they do work. I just didn't like Peter Thomson's low-pitched English accent and voice very much. I found it hard to concentrate on what he was saying even when I was using some of his listening techniques. I had to turn the volume way up and the bass way down on my car stereo in order to digest what he was saying. Maybe his book would be better for me. Overall, it's a very good audio cd if you can stand to listen to it. (4.5 stars)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Scope and Scale in Communication Theory and Techniques: A Must Listen for Everyone, November 23, 2008

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Andrew Chang: 7-Hour School Week and Health, ... (Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Kept Secrets of Great Communicators: Nine Secret Weapons to Shine Socially, Uncover Opportunities, and Be Perceived as Smarter, Sharper, and Savvier (Audio CD)

This audio program is one of the best compilations of the proven methods of successful communication and influence. I love the wide scope and in-depth scale he goes into in this audio program. Peter Thomson is "one of UK's leading strategists on businesses and personal growth."