Always Know What To Say - Easy Ways To Approach And Talk To Anyone (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
So I was playing a game with my kindle that I call " What am I going to read? I scroll up and down and stop at a random spot. Then I pick one book from that section. I have downloaded a lot of free books. Today I picked this book.Now I have told by my brother that I try to have conversation with anybody and this is true. I like people. I like knowing the bits and pieces that make up their lives. So I am not this book's target audience HOWEVER I thought there was so very solid advice to be found in this book. I think it could be for the most part helpful and the advice is not very complicated, easy to understand. The book is short and it is free. I decided to pick up an old book in my garage that was meant to be sold in next month’s garage sale, and would have most likely been unnoticed each morning as I walk past it to get into my car. The title caught my eye, Always Know What to Say: Easy Ways to Approach and Talk to Anyone by Peter W Murphy. Don’t let this seventeen-page booklet fool you: it breaks down several areas such as how to approach someone, how to carry on a conversation, and even strategies to read one’s body language. I came across a review on an online Couponing site, Lisa B writes in reference to this book that, “key distinctions you can apply right away to go from being tongue tied and unsure of what to say to having fun meeting people and getting to know them better” (Amazon). These distinctions can be found throughout the book, for example, on page 7 when Murphy assures the reader that new people one meets “are human too: no better or worse than you. They are also unlikely to be judging as harshly as you fear!” (Murphy 7). Not only did the book present tips on making a good first impression, but it also went in depth to explain topics that can be brought up during conversation. Although this book was not useful for myself because I do not find myself having the same issues described in the book, I would recommend it to a friend who experiences social anxiety because the book is easy to understand and many reviews I have read claim the book has eased their social fears. Rebecca on Amazon writes that she immensely enjoyed this how-to and that “With this book anyone should be able to survive a party or talk to strangers on a plane. I personally find that listening to people talk about their life is a good way to make people like you. Being a shy person by nature I found some of this book to be very useful” (Amazon). A large part of the material in this book I could not apply to my life, but overall I believe this book could properly assist a shy person in relieving some of their social anxieties.
What do You think about Always Know What To Say - Easy Ways To Approach And Talk To Anyone (2000)?
good one.. many tips about conversation, need to practice now!
—kat
Already knew everything, I wouldn't read again
—Daphnee
