Self-Help : Personal Growth

''You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills.'' -- Larry King. ''The lost art of verbal communication may be revitalized by Leil Lowndes.'' -- Harvey McKay, author of “How to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive”. What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their ''Midas touch?''. . What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing with people. . The author has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success. In her book How to Talk to Anyone (Contemporary Books, October 2003) Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques-- she takes the reader from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life. In this information-packed book you’ll find:.: 9 ways to make a dynamite first impression; 14 ways to master small talk, ''big talk,'' and body language.; 14 ways to walk and talk like a VIP or celebrity.; 6 ways to sound like an insider in any crowd.; 7 ways to establish deep subliminal rapport with anyone.; 9 ways to feed someone's ego (and know when NOT to!); 11 ways to make your phone a powerful communications tool.; 15 ways to work a party like a politician works a room; 7 ways to talk with tigers and not get eaten alive. In her trademark entertaining and straight-shooting style, Leil gives the techniques catchy names so you'll remember them when you really need them, including: ''Rubberneck the Room,'' ''Be a Copyclass,'' ''Come Hither Hands,'' “Bare Their Hot Button,” “The Great Scorecard in the Sky,'' and ''Play the Tombstone Game,” for big success in your social life, romance, and business. How to Talk to Anyone , which is an update of her popular book, Talking the Winner's Way (see the 5-star reviews of the latter)is based on solid more...

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Your man-magnet manual for attracting anyone. "This book has helped me create a more positive, powerfulself-awareness that immediately and noticeably changed the dynamics of my personal relationships.”. --Kendra Todd, winner of “The Apprentice” andbestselling author of Risk & Grow Rich. Forget The Rules . It doesn’t matter if He’s Just NotThat Into You . This smart, sassy guide for single gals offers you a delightfully different approach to dating. Life coach Marie Forleo teaches you to get out of your head and into your life, which makes you absolutely irresistible to men! Her book is packed with pithy tips like "Stop Complaining and Start Engaging," "Trash ThatPerfect Man Checklist," "Break the Seven Habits of Highly Unattractive Women," and other surprising ways to be fully engaged in life, make every dream come true--and make every man want you. more...

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The Simple Science of Happiness Scientists and academics have spent entire careers investigating what makes people happy. But hidden in obscure scholarly journals and reports, their research is all too often inaccessible to ordinary people. At last, social scientist and psychologist David Niven, Ph.D., distills the scientific gobbledygook .. more...

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Anxious to Please presents seven powerful practices designed to bring about: resilient self-esteem; a happier and calmer emotional life; a reality-based optimism for the future; fulfilling sex; and satisfying relationships. more...

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Self-esteem is the foundation of your life. Learn ways to rebuild a solid foundation of healthy self-esteem, how to stop needing others to build you up, and how to get your self-worth from within yourself. As you make this change to an internal sense of validation, you will find it easier to make wiser choices that support you, follow through with your goals for self-improvement, and take positive risks to build a future that will please you. Learn to stop struggling with self-blame and criticism, overreacting to others and life situations, and to take responsibility for feeling good about yourself. Work with updating your limiting beliefs and self-talk, learn the 8 keys to build self-esteem, and how to work with affirmations - many are included to empower you to build your self-esteem. more...

Price: $9.95