How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less

By: Nicholas Boothman

Narrated by: Nicholas Boothman

Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

Whether meeting a new client or bumping into a potential mate, you only have a few seconds to make a favorable impression. Is that really possible? Author Nicholas Boothman, a lecturer and licensed master practitioner of neurolinguistic programming, believes yes! He introduces a revolutionary approach to face-to-face communication that will help anyone succeed at making meaningful, and immediate, connections.

Whether selling, managing, job hunting, negotiating, pitching an idea, applying for law school, joining a new group, or on your knees with a marriage proposal, the secret of success is based on connecting with other people. And the most powerful new idea for making connections is revealed, step by step, in Nicholas Boothman's breakthrough program of rapport by design. Easily learned, it will help you make the best of any relationship's most important moment: those first 90 seconds.

Never again let shyness get in the way of an appointment or interview. Or leave the making of an important contact to chance. Or find yourself tongue-tied or distracted in social situations. The key, according to Boothman and his plan for face-to-face communication, is simple: the way to make a person like you is to make yourself be like that person, if only for the 90 seconds or less it takes to establish rapport. Learn the power of a Really Useful Attitude, the secrets of voice tone and body language, the difference between "opening up" words and "closing down" words. And reinforcing all of these skills is knowing how to read another person's sensory preference; most of us are Visual people, some are Kinesthetic, and a few are Auditory. So when you say, "I see what you mean" to a Visual, you're really speaking his or her language. And then you're on your way.

©2000 Nicholas Boothman (P)2001 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Boothman enthusiastically shares strategies for establishing rapport, building interpersonal relationships, gaining a competitive edge, and making favorable impressions." (Booklist)

better if notes available.

better if a PDF of exercises was available

I like the book and the narrator. The simple steps could be provided.

Really enjoyed this book!

Any additional comments?

This book has lots of practical exercises that can and will help change how you relate with others.

Great tips!

What made the experience of listening to How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less the most enjoyable?

I recently started a new job that requires me to meet with many different people on various levels within the organization. This book gave me numerous good tips to make a good first impression. I have used many of the suggestions within this book, and all I can say is so far so good!

Helpful to learn and understand people

I think this audio book might be helpful to also read at the same time. Some of the descriptions were hard to follow along just by listening it's something you need to see to understand best.

Wonderfully narrated with fascinating ideas!

I love this book - the narrator was easy and entertaining to listen to, and the ideas were fascinating! I have listened to this book a few times now, and I very much enjoy applying his concepts to my own life! Highly recommended.

Good listen

The book has a lot of content I already knew, which can be found in other books. The part on how people use specific senses to view their world and how you can use that to improve the interaction was new to me though and was very refreshing to learn about. That and the various suggestions how to practice the skills makes it a good read. The quality of the audio wasn't that good though. There was a light buzz in the background most of the time.

Great

If you wanna learn how to communicate hear how loved this book It awesome an helps u a lot man

Ideas good but..

Some good ideas but narration and audio quality were not so good.

Fabulous Intro to Neuro-Linguistic Programming

I'm an NLP fan, and this book nicely puts to practice this fabulous theory. Excellent audio book.

the keys to the door of personal interaction

so much valuable information in this small book. I found myself wanting another 3 hours with the author sharing anecdotes and tips.