Contact: the first four minutes, [Hardcover]

Leonard M Zunin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1972

In four minutes, you will know if the person you are talking to is someone you're interested in. Yes, it only takes about four minutes to decide. Yet in that brief time, you and your partner will have made an indelible impression on one another. Contact: The First Four Minutes shows you how to make that impression a positive one and to develop the skills that will make you an interesting conversationalist to anyone-from a casual acquaintance to your spouse.

Learn how to:
-- Understand confusing signals
-- Develop the art of the compliment
-- Project your personality while evaluating the potential of strangers
-- Use rejection to reach the next step
-- Prepare a surefire conversation plan
-- And much, much more!

With hints, tips, and practical advice, this insightful guide, written by a practicing psychiatrist, helps you unlock your insecurities and discover a new you with the power to control any social encounter.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Nash Publishing (1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0840212887
• ISBN-13: 978-0840212887
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,076,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not a complete how-to for learning conversation, March 30, 1999

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This review is from: Contact: The First Four Minutes (Mass Market Paperback)

But the title doesnt claim to be. It's an analysis of the importance and what goes on in the very first minutes of meeting someone new. It held my interest somewhat and does really cover some things not mentioned in elsewhere. Considering the book is cheap, for me it was more than worth the price. Occasionally I have come back to the book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glad It Is Still Around, October 12, 2006

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Ward Davis (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Contact: the first four minutes, (Hardcover)

First bought this over thirty years ago and found it very helpful. I am a firm believer in the four minute theory since reading it. I loaned it to a friend of mine at the time who was very shy with women. He attributed the book with helping him meet his wife. They have been married thirty years now. My wife is amazed at how I can read people so quickly. A few years ago I met a new coworker of hers and in the first few minutes I could tell she could not be trusted. On our way home I told my wife to watch out for her. After a few months she told me I was right. I am now looking to buy this book for my son. Since it is so cheap I may buy a few extras to give as gifts to other people I feel it may help. I would especially recommend this book for people to buy for their children who are leaving home for the first time. As I recall it is a small book and easily carried and read. It was in paperback at the time and probably around 200 pages or even less. Glad to see it is still available.

5 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great title, dumb book, January 15, 2000

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J. W. Bush (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Contact: The First Four Minutes (Mass Market Paperback)

For much better advice on this topic, try Alan Garner's "Conversationally Speaking."