How to Talk: Essential Skills to Start a Conversation and Connect with People

By Christina Neal

In today's world, good communication skills are very important, not only for your social and personal life, but for career development as well. Being able to have good conversations can help you make new friends, build network and strong relationships with the people around you, increase your knowledge, and learn new skills, and may even help you to succeed in job interviews.

Handling a conversation is not easy for everyone. Some people must struggle to keep a conversation going, to maintain the interest of a person they are talking to, or even to begin a conversation in the first place.

This book will help you overcome these problems and sharpen your verbal skills to express your thoughts and ideas. By reading this book, you will learn:

• why some people choose not to engage in a conversation;

• powerful tactics to improve your conversation skills; and

• tips for having better conversations.

You will also discover:

• communication mistakes to avoid;

• exercises to improve your listening, verbal, and body language skills; and

• how to overcome shyness.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Christina Neal
• Release date: Jul 27, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393486398

Christina Neal

Christina Neal is an experienced writer, editor and published author of several books, notably How to Supercharge Your Confidence, Run Yourself Fit, Dementia Care: A Guide and The World Marathon Book. She is also the former editor of Women’s Fitness and Women’s Running magazines and current editor of Slim, Fit & Healthy magazine as well as the founder of Dementia Help, a free online resource for family carers (dementiahelpuk.com).

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How to Talk

Essential Skills to Start a Conversation and Connect with People

Christina Neal

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Table of Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE

Common Reasons Why People Choose Not to Engage in Conversation

CHAPTER TWO

Simple yet Powerful Tactics to