The Art of Conversation: Change Your Life with Confident Communication

Good conversation is at the heart of networking, meetings, interviews, negotiations and raising your profile. It can ease your way in work, enabling you to build alliances, create strong relationships with staff, bosses and clients, succeed at interviews, motivate and inspire. But conversation is something most of us were never taught! We learn to speak as babies, but how conversation actually works is something most of us pick up only haphazardly, and many have yet to learn. Why is it some of us are stuck for words, but others blabber or cant stop? What is it that some people have naturally which enables them to converse comfortably and easily, to engage people and build better relationships? The Art of Conversation will show you step by step how to converse skillfully and enjoyably with other people, at home, at work, on the phone and in the street- even if youre daunted now, discover the difference good conversation can make in every aspect of your life. Learn to: -Overcome the most common block to good conversation- fear; find out how to break the silence and keep the conversation going - Understand the different types of conversation and how they work- which topics and language are suitable for the occasion - Learn simple methods for being heard and understood, including speaking clearly and audibly, listening well and using non-verbal communication - Find out how to hold a conversation in tricky situations, including how to disagree, how to speak to those in authority and people you find difficult -Use conversation to form relationships, improve friendships, make the sale, chat people up, to learn, influence and persuade. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Part 1: Introducing Conversation 1. The Dance of Conversation 2. Connecting is What Matters Most 3. Getting in the Right State 4. Getting a Conversatio Going: The Basics 5. Listening Part 2: The Power of Conversation 6. Influencing a Conversation 7. Different Kinds of Conversation 8. Expressing Yourself Part 3: Conversation in Practice 9. Sailing Through Tricky Waters 10. Conversations in a Professional Context Part 4: Conversations Changing the World / Big Conversations

© 2021 Ascent Audio (Audioraamat): 9781663705051

Väljaandmise kuupäev

Audioraamat: 22. august 2021