101 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills Instantly, 4th Edition (Paperback)

~ Bennie Bough (Author)

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Product Description

Power-packed, easy to use guide presents great ideas and reinforces good practices in interpersonal relations. Results: greater potential for advancement at work, greater opportunity to get what you want with reduced chances of misunderstandings and enhanced feelings of safety and friendship with less likelihood of hostility. Effective communication skills are the mark of an achiever... always have been, always will be.

Product Details

• Paperback: 126 pages
• Publisher: GoalMinds, Inc.; 4 edition (September 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097409708X
• ISBN-13: 978-0974097084
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,831 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor book, more like an article in a newspaper, April 28, 2009

By	Amira Nabil Tawfik - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Poor book, more like an article in a newspaper, the book is writen as advices in brief plus some quotes, not of a high benefit

9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For the Discerning Communicator, December 28, 2006

By	Pete Hernandez "Trivium user" (Amarillo, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Noah Webster tells us "Communicate" means to impart; to give to another, to bestow, something the receiver holds, retains, and enjoys. And what person couldn't benefit from learning how to communicate with clarity?

If you have ever spoken to anyone in your life, used a telephone, write or send e-mails, you'll welcome the action steps you can learn instantly in: 101 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills Instantly by: Jo Condrill and Bennie Bough, Ph.D.

While there are many well written books on "communication" skills throughout your local Barnes & Nobel, few are able to please the discerning communicator. But, Jo Condrill and Bennie Bough has done just that.

This handbook is a breeze to implement. It will save us all from Foot-In-Mouth Dis-Ease. The authors ask: "Have you ever agonized over what you would've; should've and could've said?" I really appreciate when a book shows me what to do, instead of just tell.

The book has sold over 70,000 copies, translated into eleven languages by publishers in foreign countries, and is sold worldwide.


As a communicator you know the value in thinking and speaking clearly.

Communication at it's' best is a two-way transaction. I speak a thought, you listen. You speak, I listen.

But, sometimes people misinterpret what they hear, either because we were not crystal clear, or for other reasons. Listening requires practice, and this communication handbook also explains how to listen in order to improve communication.

I hope you enjoy this book as much as I have.
Maribel Hernandez- APMFormulators.com
Mastermind Group for Alternative HealthCare Professionals of Amarillo, TX

8 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Basic Book on Communication Skills, January 1, 2007

By	Elijah Chingosho "Dr Elijah Chingosho" (Nairobi, Kenya) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This is a good basic book on improving communication skills. In communicating, we seek to get our message across to others. The communication process involves the sender of the message, the use of the appropriate communication channel, the receiver and feedback. This process leaves room for error, with messages often misinterpreted by one or more of the parties involved. This causes unnecessary confusion and counter productivity. The author comes up with tips and ways to ensure effective communication. A message is successful when both the sender and the receiver perceive it in the same way.

What the author writes sounds obvious but we tend to forget, communicate badly, and often make a bad situation worse by the way we communicate. Those wishing to learn the basics of communication or just want to refresh their expertise in this field will find the book useful and helpful.

The book will help the reader to understand effective communication, and explains how to communicate your message in the best possible way. After reading the book, you should have a better understanding of how to communicate effectively, to people and groups, through spoken, written and non verbal communications.