In Everything You Need to Know to Talk Your Way to Success, Burton Kaplan, one of the country's foremost communications consultants for 25 years, reveals proven strategies and tested techniques that you can use to master your daily relationships, your career, your life! For convenient use, this fascinating and powerfully effective guide is organized into thirteen subject chapters, with each chapter oriented to a specific communication skill with broad application at home, in the community, and on the job.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The name says it all....,
By L Man "L cockatoo Man" (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everything You Need to Know to Talk Your Way to Success (Prentice-Hall Career & Personal Development) (Paperback)
The book's name says it all! This book literally has everything you really need to talk your way to success! I highly recommend it! I'm just about through reading it already, & even though I've had it less than two weeks, I already notice a positive difference in the way I communicate with people & they communicate with me. It's great! The techniques are extremely easy to pick up and they work extremely well. If you're trying to decide whether to get it or not, I say go for it...you got nothing but a few bucks to lose, & everything to gain. Had I known about this book years ago, I would be so much better off than I am now.....don't wait! Get it right now!
5.0 out of 5 stars
An extremely important book,
By Riça Night "Editor / Writer / Seminar Leader" (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Everything You Need to Know to Talk Your Way to Success (Prentice-Hall Career & Personal Development) (Paperback)
Kaplan maintains that "failures of communication are at the root of every human problem" and that "if, alone or together, we create bad communication, we can un-create it." In exceptionally readable (if a bit hype-laden and breathless) prose, he present both time-tested and state-of-the-art tips on "How to Stop Shooting Yourself in the Foot and Start Getting What You Want." All of these skills are "both universal and portable": that is, they will, once mastered, improve your chances of success in business, social, community, and even family situations.
When I teach networking seminars designed especially for folks who think they're too shy to network effectively, I recommend Kaplan's book as a confidence-booster with particular relevance in improving conversation skills. Great tips can be found in Chapter 2, "Controlling the Conversation"; "Chapter 4, "Questions"; Chapter 3, "Issuing Orders and Instructions"; Chapter 6, "Persuasion" (which outlines "Six Steps Guaranteed to Persuade Anybody to Do Anything" and "What to Do When They Say No"); Chapter 8, "Negotiating: Twenty-Two Secrets of Professional Negotiators That Inform, Inspire, and Persuade Others"; and Chapter 9, "Correcting Others: Thirteen Workable Ways to Change What People Do...Without Arounsing Resentment." Beyond these gems, there are also chapters on "power words" (applicable to both speaking and wirting), effective writing (with an emphasis on business letters and memos), public speaking (how to "be as effective on your feet as you are in private"), and even how to break the ice with potential romantic partners. Several lifetimes' worth of practical wisdom that's virtually certain to make anyone a better communicator.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
"Offers a different perspective",
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This review is from: Everything You Need to Know to Talk Your Way to Success (Prentice-Hall Career & Personal Development) (Hardcover)
I enjoyed this book. Kaplan incorporated personal success techniques into every aspect of life: listening, speaking, thinking, writing, body language,etc.. The only reason I didn't give this book a solid 5-star review: The names of the many people used as examples were hokey. He also used way too many examples. I would much rather read specific advise, as opposed to real or fictitious 'real life' situations.
On a positive note, this book is well written and offers tons of useful advise. I highly recommend it.
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