100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings

How to Get by Without Even Trying

By: Sarah Cooper

Narrated by: Sarah Cooper

Length: 1 hr and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

You know those subtle tricks your coworkers are all guilty of? The constant nodding, pretend concentration, useless rhetorical questions? These tricks make them seem like they know what they're doing when in fact they have no clue. This behavior is so ingrained, so subtle, and so often mistaken for true intelligence that identifying it, calling it out, or compiling it into an exhaustive digest has never been attempted. Until now.

Complete with examples and scenarios, 100 Tricks gives you actionable ways to use words like actionable in order to sound smart. Every type of meeting is covered, from general meetings where you stopped paying attention almost immediately to one-on-one meetings you zoned out on to impromptu meetings you were painfully subjected to at the last minute. It's all here.

Find an easy-to-digest trick guiding you on:

• How to nail the big meeting by pacing and nodding
• Most effective ways to listen to your coworkers while still completely ignoring them
• The key to making your presentations "interactive"

If you hadn't noticed these behaviors before, you will see them now - from your colleagues, your managers, and soon yourself. Each trick is a mirror to the reality of what happens in meetings, told in the form of hilariously bad advice - advice that you might just want to take. But probably not. But maybe.

Download the accompanying reference guide.

©2016 Sarah Cooper (P)2017 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Funny.

Even though it was satirical, it actually had some useful tips in there that you can use.

comical

This is for your comical relief, not really for your professional growth. If you read/listen during your break from serious material you will actually enjoy.

Funny and relatable.

I recognized every meeting I've ever been to. The author has made it impossible for me to sit through another meeting without smirking or laughing out loud at the gamesmanship.

Hilarious. Loved it.

I've been in a few meetings. She nailed it.
this was a truly entertaining listen on Audible. I'll listen again tomorrow!

Seriously, Guys!? It's a Parody!

How do people buy this book without realizing it's a parody!? True! Sarah Cooper was a successful business person. But, for the purposes of this book, she is a skilled comedian. She knows what it is like to suffer through meetings about meetings where the only action items are to plan more meetings. Having worked in "big tech," I know that this *literally* happens. I've seen coworkers unwittingly and unironically purpose the very awful suggestions and ideas that she mentions in her "advice."

Read the reviews: Five stars for her humor. And five stars for her deadpan delivery. One star if you follow her advice.

Add some humor awareness to your day

This is a great quick laugh and nice break from super serious audiobook land. It's full of great laughs regarding tech culture and team interactions. Lighten up your workplace experience and enjoy this sarcastic treat.

Hilarious!

Been on both sides. Easy distraction to take up some time otherwise wasted, because if you do sit through meetings, listening to this will make you laugh and then think about what you really could do to improve the meetings you can't get out of...

chill, funny listen

Funny book that captures just how ridiculous corporate culture can become. it described some of my co-workers to the t.

A very funny book of how to be a d***k at meetings

At first I thought seriously this was a serious book and then is super funny and some tricks may actually work!

I struggled with this. I should have read reviews.

I struggled to get through this book. I actually skipped several chapters. I should have read the reviews or listened to the sample.