• Conversation Tactics

  • Strategies to Charm, Befriend, and Defend
  • By: Patrick King
  • Narrated by: Jeremy Reloj
  • Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (385 ratings)

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Conversation Tactics

By: Patrick King
Narrated by: Jeremy Reloj
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Publisher's summary

Do you want to become more charming and likable - instantly? Or just make sure you can defend yourself verbally, and not be a doormat?

Do you lose arguments, find yourself speechless, or get taken advantage of by others? Or do you just want to build meaningful connections and friendships quickly?

Sounds like you need to learn as many conversation tactics as possible! In this book you'll learn 18 powerful techniques that can be used for everything under the sun - charming people, befriending strangers, increased charisma, and even arguing effectively.

You can never underestimate the power of a simple conversation.

It can be the start of something beautiful, or it can potentially ruin your day. These 18 techniques, learned from years of coaching social skills and conversations, will ensure better conversations and fewer arguments.

In addition to incredibly shrewd and nuanced insights to make conversation flow, you'll learn how win arguments and diffuse dirty tricks.

  • What actionable and realistic conversation tactics will you learn?
  • How standup comedians use conversational high points for great reactions.
  • What the two-second rule is and how it makes you appear incredibly attentive.
  • How interrupting artfully can be your secret weapon to bonding.
  • The singular best way to warm up for any conversation, anywhere.

Also the following insights:

  • The foolproof method of rehearsing only your hellos and goodbyes.
  • The 2:1 ratio and why math even matters in successful conversations.
  • The logic of not laughing at your own jokes.
  • The five most common argument tactics and how to neuter them.
  • How to deflect any ridicule.

©2015 Pei Kuo (P)2015 Pei Kuo

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Narrator is irritating

Interesting but not really mind blowing. One thing I hated is the narrators voice and the way he speaks, it is so irritating, it's like he's trying to sound so cool and laid back but it was just distracting.

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Introduction to Conversation

This is a book for people who have only recently begun speaking with other humans. The scientist or med student who looked up from their books to notice humanoid life forms passing close to them and decided to attempt communication. Not a bad thing but if you have any facility talking with people you won't learn much here.

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Nailed... My innate??

He did a really great job at laying down what he had. Thing is, I already knew and do much of this book like I breathe.

Also it sits on the verge of my personal morals. He says it's not manipulation, yet I can only support that if when you follow his guidelines that you reeaaalllyy ARE interested. Otherwise.... It's manipulation.

Liked it. Just didn't learn anything new.

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Tips for sociopaths

This was OK but the underlying agenda and leftist overtones really diminished any lessons that I should have received from this book.

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Political and terrible!!

What would have made Conversation Tactics better?

If the author gave credible information that was not politically driven!

Would you ever listen to anything by Patrick King again?

No; this has made a horrid impression.

How could the performance have been better?

VO should be more selective with who they speak for.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Anger and disappointment. I was hoping to use this in one of my future lessons.

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Flamboyance required

What would have made Conversation Tactics better?

I admit there were some good points made, but "Interrupting as a conversation tactic" was ridiculous. Respect the other's person thought process over endearing yourself, selfishly, to them by interrupting to agree. :D :D :D Seriously had me LOL

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The most interesting aspect was that someone with such a shallow approach to conversation would feel so strongly impelled to share it as "the" right approach.

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If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Conversation Tactics?

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some stuff the author talks about is a b.s.

so some stuff is useful other stuff I don't know where author got the info but it is complete inapplicable bs. so good begginer book for someone who doesn't know how to engage and lead the conversation. but if you know your stuff you will find plenty if areas of disagreement.

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Great book for variety of social situations

I enjoyed the personal stories and simple and clear explanations. It's great knowing that I can befriend an enemy by using conversation as a lock pick.

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AMAZING!!

By far the best book that I have found on enhancing conversation. He gives simple, practical and easy techniques.

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excellent

easy to listen to, short and sweet, and already put some tactics to use with positive feedback! I utilized the jokes tactic to the tenth degree, and it worked. something I used to struggle with, and now a hindsight. Thx Patrick!

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