Improve Your People Skills: Build and Manage Relationships, Communicate Effectively, Understand Others, and Become the Ultimate People Person

By: Patrick King

Narrated by: Gregory Sutton

Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's Summary

People skills and social intelligence to improve any situation. Fit in anywhere, build rapport and win people over.

If you (1) have trouble connecting with people beyond small talk or (2) are often left speechless and dumbfounded on how to handle certain people and situations, that feeling of dread isn't something you have to live with. Improve Your People Skills is your key to social intelligence and the better relationships to enrich your life that will inevitably follow.

Master the soft skills that will make you a "people person".

Improve Your People Skills is a book of action that allows you to truly understand others and speak their language, no matter what it is. You'll learn how to apply great charm to make new friends and engage old ones. It will fundamentally change your approach to people and give you the specific phrases and tools for change. It goes beyond emotional intelligence and gives you a blueprint for interaction.

Become a captivating, comforting, and desired presence.

Whether it's winning at work politics, making new friends or strengthening current relationships, people skills are your quickest and surest route to success - no matter the situation.

Patrick King is an internationally best-selling author and sought-after social skills coach and trainer. He knows firsthand the value of people skills because they rescued him from lackluster grades and jumpstarted his career - the value of "just fitting in anywhere" cannot be understated.

Handle any situation smoothly - even confrontations.

• Why self-interests matter, and what secondary self-interests are
• How to reform the toxic social habits you probably have
• Uncover your rapport-killing assumptions and mental leaps
• Bad listening and effective listening

©2017 Patrick King (P)2017 Patrick King

Best one so far, imo.

This is the kind of stuff I Actually wanted from my psychology courses. Is this what communications majors learn? I should've tried that instead.

This is my favorite of the 3 that I've listened to so far. And so far they're all fairly distinct. They've all contained some different actionable information to aid your success in self-improvement and people skills. I intend to keep listening.

Narration and examples in this one were solid.

8 of 8 people found this review helpful

I felt like the narrator was a close friend talking to me - things I needed to know but that no one told me

I really liked this book and I’ll be listening to it again and again. Lately, I have been struggling at work with my social skills. Patrick king reminds us that at the core of every situation every human wants the same thing: validation, acceptance, and acknowledgement (those might not be the exact words but you get the idea). I need to listen to it again to really get it to soak in. First time around about 3 percent stuck which to me, if a book sticks at all it is of value. All that he wrote is obviously from personal experience and not just him talking ABOUT it AT us.

7 of 7 people found this review helpful

very good read

I loved this book, very simple language and straight to the point. very effective I would love to see more from this author

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

Story, After ,Story

I wish the author would have used facts instead of personal stories, very annoying. that's just my opinion

3 of 5 people found this review helpful

Good to listen.

It was short and easy to listen. It talked through important things fast and went to main points without extra talk. Lot of good points where to focus when talking with other people. Short enough to listen multiple times if needed.

Tools for people who care<br />

If you care about others and feel like you are awkward when conversing in new settings..get this book. I'm going in for my second listen!

"Improve Your People Skills" indeed...

If you are looking to improve your people skills this book will most certainly help.
Even as a child I remember being uptight and awkward. Nothing with that mindset has changed since adolescence and I am almost 40 years of age. Nothing has changed until now.
So many of the principles/topics covered in this book I can relate to. The information provided has allowed me to gain new perspective on my thought processes in relation to interpersonal tact. The book has certainly given me "tools" to work on my interpersonal skills. I would recommend this book to anyone, regardless of their current level of interpersonal skills. Everyone can gain knowledge from Patrick's works.

it was okay

didn't get a lot of different ideas from what I have been doing till the end.

Hotdiggety!

Thank you for this honest insight.
Rocky at work, navigating with all the types spelled out. shooo, I'm not as mixed up as a thought. I was n now I have lovely tools and understanding.

Must read! Short but powerful !

Great book. No matter how many books you did read before about social skills, this is a good reminder and summary about all those good habits that you may have forgot.

0 of 1 people found this review helpful