Tags:social psychology
Massive Charisma
Develop your own personal gravity with concrete skills to stand out, be noticed, and captivate people.If you (1) walk into a room and feel invisible, or (2) want to ensure you make a powerful personal impact – NEWSFLASH: you need better advice than “fake it ‘til you make it” or “just be yourself.”Confidently approach and excel in any social setting.MASSIVE CHARISMA is a book that just might fundamentally change how you interact with others. Never before have you looked behind the curtain of so-called charismatic people and the subtle ways they act and think differently. You get the “how to” along with the “why” and a multitude of illustrative examples.We are always told that our interpersonal skills are the key to what we want in life, and it’s true. Let the actionable tips, questions, approaches, and replicable techniques in this book be your guide to growing your sense of personal magnetism and charm.Advice from an internationally-known, professional charisma coach.Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and teaches charisma and social skills for a living. He’s also a late bloomer and former social recluse – he made the transformation, knows exactly what it takes, and can relate to you every step of the way – advice from someone who simply gets it.He has been featured in: GQ Magazine, Tedx, Forbes, Men’s Fitness, and the Huffington Post.The highly focused advice will teach you what matters in an interaction, from beginning to end, subtle to obvious, small to big.•How to wield your attention and focus for maximum impact.•How choosing and being a role model help your charisma quotient.•The subconscious body language signals that matter.•How to exude true empathy and warmth.Solve: small talk, interviews, networking events, and strangers.•How to demonstrate your value, confidence, and powerful presence.•How to tailor your communication and speak to individuals.•How to listen and validate effectively.•The top charisma mistakes people unknowingly commit.Charisma is the one skill that opens all the doors you want in life, and the benefits are endless.
How to Speed Read People
The art of reading people is much more of a science! You too can learn this skill, which will allow you to know what people are thinking without them saying a word, and even predict their behavioral patterns.Not a generic book on looking at facial expressions or trying to see if someone is lying.HOW TO SPEED READ PEOPLE isn’t about surface things. It’s about all the habits, tics, and ways of thinking that can show you someone’s intentions, personality, background, and goals. People are giving out signs all the time, you just have to know what to look for!This book is a mixture of behavioral psychology, with superior observational skills honed from years of experience. Everything is rooted in science, rest assured.Discover the true meaning of emotional and social intelligence – and what you’ve been missing.Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience.Find the shortcuts to read and predict a stranger’s behavior. How to read someone’s entire emotional spectrum Predicting people’s most common desires and motivations How someone's childhood context defines all of their adult behaviors Pain, pleasure, and how to predict exactly how someone will act and react Observations and reverse storytelling Subtext, tells, tics, and the small things that make you emotionally intelligent
I Feel Heard
The most underrated relationship skill that will transform every single interaction."I feel heard" - what a magical sentence to hear from someone. It represents so many positive emotions. This is something we can create on demand. Let's learn how.Instantly understand what people want to hear and what they care about.This book is about understanding healthy relationships and what they are based on. Communication is tough, and we all have unhelpful tendencies. You'll read about what you're doing, identify it, and re-direct your efforts into building bridges rather than walls.You’ll learn actionable techniques and frameworks to have the most productive conversations of your life - ones that will walk away with people praising how empathetic you are. Most importantly, you will gain profound insights on how to reprogram yourself into a natural communicator.Conflicts won't arise if people simply feel heard and validated.Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience. His struggles in his early relationships has inspired him to unravel practical ways to cultivate meaningful interactions.Raise the standard for your relationships.Establish vulnerable, fulfilling and satisfying relationships.•Normalizing a non-judgmental perspective•The 6 levels of validation and why you cannot skip a single step•How couples therapists run their sessions, and how you can steal their blueprint•Active listening and reflecting techniques•Toxic positivity and the avoidance of actual validation•Conflict, disagreement, and listening to hear and understand•Active constructive responses and how they get people to open up instantly
Small Talk that Doesn’t Suck
No one likes 'networking', and the process of meeting new people can sometimes be like pulling teeth.How are you, how many siblings do you have, did you have a commute, how long have you lived here, where did you go to university...?! YIKES.Let's change small talk into real talk that leads to rapport and deeper friendships.SMALL TALK THAT DOESN'T SUCK - the title tells you all you need to know. How to go from a stranger to a deeper connection extremely quickly, while avoiding most of the awkwardness and useless topics that are inherent.You'll understand what to say, how to say it, and when to say it. Extremely specific guidelines and prompts in this book to keep people engaged and opening up in any conversation.What to say and when to say to be likable, connect, and make a memorable impression.Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience. He suffered for years as a shy introvert and managed to boil human interaction down to a science - first for himself, and now for you.NO MORE: interview mode, awkward silence, or struggling to hold people’s attention.- Reading and working with different types of conversational energy and flow- Adding salt and acid to an interaction - what and how?!- Why and when you should mention your flaws, and how they are like conversational bait- What is "medium" talk and how to skip directly to it- Six guidelines to the art of asking amazing questions- Storytelling 101- How to use interruptions to your advantage?!Become someone who is magnetic and who can make new friends in any situation.Simple conversation is the gatekeeper to friendships, your dream career, romance, and overall happiness. The ability to connect with anyone is an underrated superpower. People will be more drawn to you without even knowing why, and never again people will people be bored talking to you. You’ll never run out of things to say when you master these conversation tactics.
The Social Skills Toolkit
Bestselling author Patrick King brings you four of his acclaimed books in one volume - to enhance your relationships, revitalize your social life, relate to people better, and bring more overall joy to your life.Patrick King has thousands of 5-star reviews, many from mental health professionals and psychologists, praising his insight, approach, and actionable advice. Start your journey now and click BUY NOW.Book 1: The Science of Reading People: How to Understand What People Are Really Saying and Why- 10 factors that prevent us from perceiving someone, and how to prevent them- Actionable exercises for taking people's perspectives and stepping outside of your own head- Four personality types and how to categorize people in quick and easy ways- Understanding the four functions of behavior and how to spot them- Listening for specific word and linguistic choicesBook 2: How to Speak Effectively: Influence, Engage, & Charm-A ladder of inference to use in any social interaction-Five types of communication tones and why you're using the wrong one-How to use your words like an artist with paint-Asking the right questions and methods for better listening-So-called trash words and how to eliminate them from your vocabulary-Getting through tough conversations with ease and graceBook 3: MASSIVE CHARISMA: Small Talk, Charm, Likability, and How to Succeed With People•How to demonstrate your value, confidence, and powerful presence.•How to tailor your communication and speak to individuals.•How to listen and validate effectively.•The top charisma mistakes people unknowingly commit.Book 4: Make Friends Easily: How to Charm and Connect in Record Time- Understand a 5-part friendship formula that you must use- Master "reciprocal curiosity" to unlock people- How to help people "think out loud"- A question framework that can work in any situation- The rule of 3 in conversations
Enlightenment Now
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR"My new favorite book of all time." --Bill Gates If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. By the author of the new book, Rationality. Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data: In seventy-five jaw-dropping graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West, but worldwide. This progress is not the result of some cosmic force. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing.Far from being a naïve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature--tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking--which demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation. With intellectual depth and literary flair, Enlightenment Now makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress.
The Science of Reading People
The best of behavioral psychology and how to use it on a daily basis.People are not that complex - once you know how they function at their most basic levels of motivation. This book is how you become a veritable mind reader.Tons of science-backed methods of decoding people's behaviors and words.The Science of Reading People isn't a book that tells you about crossed arms, eye contact, and eyerolls. That type of information is so basic, it can be hidden. No, this book is about deep behavioral psychology, and how it affects all of our actions and behaviors.Is it possible to understand someone from observing them? Yes, if you know what you are looking at and what you are looking for.Learn the telltale signs of a person's emotions, even if they want to hide them.Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience.How to know what people want, even if they don't.- 10 factors that prevent us from perceiving someone, and how to prevent them- Actionable exercises for taking people's perspectives and stepping outside of your own head- Four personality types and how to categorize people in quick and easy ways- Understanding the four functions of behavior and how to spot them- Listening for specific word and linguistic choicesThe science of reading people has never been more usable in your everyday life.
Official Workbook: Read People like a Book
NOTE: This is the official workbook for Patrick King's book, Read People Like a Book. This does NOT include the original book, and this is the ONLY official version put out by the author.Speed read people, decipher body language, detect lies, and understand human nature.Is it possible to analyze people without them saying a word? Yes, it is. Learn how to become a “mind reader” and forge deep connections.How to get inside people’s heads without them knowing.Read People Like a Book isn’t a normal book on body language of facial expressions. Yes, it includes all of those things, as well as new techniques on how to truly detect lies in your everyday life, but this book is more about understanding human psychology and nature. We are who we are because of our experiences and pasts, and this guides our habits and behaviors more than anything else. Parts of this book read like the most interesting and applicable psychology textbook you’ve ever read. Take a look inside yourself and others!Understand the subtle signals that you are sending out and increase your emotional intelligence.Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience.Learn the keys to influencing and persuading others.•What people’s limbs can tell us about their emotions.•Why lie detecting isn’t so reliable when ignoring context.•Diagnosing personality as a means to understanding motivation.•Deducing the most with the least amount of information.•Exactly the kinds of eye contact to use and avoidFind shortcuts to connect quickly and deeply with strangers.The art of reading and analyzing people is truly the art of understanding human nature. Consider it like a cheat code that will allow you to see through people’s actions and words.Decode people’s thoughts and intentions, and you can go in any direction you want with them.
Think Again
THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLERIf you can change your mind you can do anything.Why do we refresh our wardrobes every year, renovate our kitchens every decade, but never update our beliefs and our views? Why do we laugh at people using computers that are ten years old, but yet still cling to opinions we formed ten years ago?There's a new skill for the modern world that matters more than raw intelligence - the ability to change your mind. To have the edge we all need to develop the flexibility to unlearn old beliefs and adapt when the evidence and the world changes before us.Told through fascinating stories, informed by cutting-edge research and illustratedwith amazing insights from Adam Grant's conversations with people such as Elon Musk, Hilary Clinton's campaign team, top CEOs and leading scientists, this is the ultimate guide to keeping your thinking fresh, learning when to question your ideas and update your own opinions, and how to inspire those around you to do the same.
Originals
WINNER of the Chartered Management Institute's (CMI's) Mangement Book of the Year Awards 2017, JP Morgan's Best Summer Read 2018, and a #1 New York Times Bestseller!‘Extraordinary’ JJ Abrams‘Fascinating’ Arianna Huffington‘Inspire creativity and change’ Richard Branson‘One of my favourite thinkers’ Malcolm Gladwell‘Masterful’ Peter Thiel‘One of the great social scientists of our time’ Susan Cain, bestselling author of Quiet‘Fresh research, counter-intuitive insights, lively writing, practical calls to action’ The Financial TimesThe New York Times bestselling author examines how people can drive creative, moral, and organisational progress—and how leaders can encourage originality in their organisations.How can we originate new ideas, policies and practices without risking it all? Adam Grant shows how to improve the world by championing novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battling conformity, and bucking outdated traditions. Using surprising studies and stories spanning business, politics, sports, and entertainment, Grant explores how to recognize a good idea, speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act, and manage fear and doubt. Parents will learn how to nurture originality in children, and leaders will discover how to fight groupthink to build cultures that welcome dissent.Told through dazzling case studies of people going against the grain, you’ll encounter an entrepreneur who pitches the reasons not to invest, a woman at Apple who challenged Steve Jobs from three levels below, an analyst who challenged secrecy at the CIA, a billionaire financial wizard who fires employees who don’t criticize him, and the TV executive who saved Seinfeld from the cutting room floor. Originals will give you groundbreaking insights about rejecting conformity and how to change the world.
Risk Savvy
An eye-opening look at the ways we misjudge risk every day and a guide to making better decisions with our money, health, and personal livesIn the age of Big Data we often believe that our predictions about the future are better than ever before. But as risk expert Gerd Gigerenzer shows, the surprising truth is that in the real world, we often get better results by using simple rules and considering less information.In Risk Savvy, Gigerenzer reveals that most of us, including doctors, lawyers, financial advisers, and elected officials, misunderstand statistics much more often than we think, leaving us not only misinformed, but vulnerable to exploitation. Yet there is hope. Anyone can learn to make better decisions for their health, finances, family, and business without needing to consult an expert or a super computer, and Gigerenzer shows us how.Risk Savvy is an insightful and easy-to-understand remedy to our collective information overload and an essential guide to making smart, confident decisions in the face of uncertainty.
Gut Feelings
Think less – and know more. A sportsman can catch a ball without calculating its speed or distance. A group of amateurs beat the experts at playing the stock market. A man falls for the right woman even though she’s ‘wrong’ on paper. All these people succeeded by trusting their instincts – but how does it work? In Gut Feelings psychologist and behavioural expert Gerd Gigerenzer reveals the secrets of fast and effective decision-making. He explains that, in an uncertain world, sometimes we have to ignore too much information and rely on our brain’s ‘short cut’, or heuristic. By explaining how intuition works and analyzing the techniques that people use to make good decisions – whether it’s in personnel selection or heart surgery – Gigerenzer will show you why gut thinking can change your world.