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Stop talking, start communicating : counterintuitive secrets to success in business and in life /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Back up to go forward : we are neglecting three essential communication habits -- Invert your expectations : expect less from technology and more from people -- Lose your friends : important relationships are being trumped by people you barely know -- Stop talking : hyper-communication is the problem, not the solution -- Don't be yourself : it's an excuse for neanderthal behavior -- Play dumb : don't pin the tail on the donkey -- Question your questions : questions make many conversations worse -- Ignore your (tell-tale) heart : it wants you to talk without a plan -- Don't solve problems : you are messing around with far too many issues already -- Blow things off : protect what matters by letting go of what doesn't -- Let difficult people win : stop trying to impose your will on tough communicators -- Respond with weakness : bring a stick to a knife fight -- Overlook people -- Change the underlying conditions, not the person -- Take things off the table : just because you can talk about something doesn't mean that you should -- Be boring : most conversations are exciting for all the wrong reasons -- Give people what they want : few things connect like a story.…”
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Stop talking, start communicating : counterintuitive secrets to success in business and in life /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Back up to go forward : we are neglecting three essential communication habits -- Invert your expectations : expect less from technology and more from people -- Lose your friends : important relationships are being trumped by people you barely know -- Stop talking : hyper-communication is the problem, not the solution -- Don't be yourself : it's an excuse for neanderthal behavior -- Play dumb : don't pin the tail on the donkey -- Question your questions : questions make many conversations worse -- Ignore your (tell-tale) heart : it wants you to talk without a plan -- Don't solve problems : you are messing around with far too many issues already -- Blow things off : protect what matters by letting go of what doesn't -- Let difficult people win : stop trying to impose your will on tough communicators -- Respond with weakness : bring a stick to a knife fight -- Overlook people -- Change the underlying conditions, not the person -- Take things off the table : just because you can talk about something doesn't mean that you should -- Be boring : most conversations are exciting for all the wrong reasons -- Give people what they want : few things connect like a story.…”
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Creating personal presence : look, talk, think, and act like a leader /
Published 2011Table of Contents: “…How you look -- Consider first impressions like first loves -- Take stage -- Channel the passion -- Translate your body language to credibility -- Don't disappear -- How you talk -- Be professional, not professorial -- Heed the highlighter principle -- Say the right thing at the right time and leave unsaid the wrong thing at the emotional moment -- Abandon chicken little, but stop sugarcoating -- Move the conversation forward -- How you think -- Think strategically -- Cut through the clutter -- Take a point of view -- Think like hollywood -- Learn to think on your feet under pressure -- How you act -- Engage emotionally -- Master modesty and mind your manners -- Lighten up without letting down -- Commit to what you communicate -- Show up, own up, and straighten it up -- A final note -- The personal presence self-assessment -- Endnotes.…”
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Presentations in action : 80 memorable presentation lessons from the masters /
Published 2011Table of Contents: “…-- Less Verbiage Is More Useful -- 28.Baiting the Salesperson -- Selling Is about In-Person Communication -- 29.PowerPoint and Human Perception -- Scientific Support for Graphics Design -- 30.PowerPoint Template: Combined Picture and Text -- The Best Positions for Pictures and Text -- 31.Shady Characters -- The Wrong Way and the Right Way to Build Text -- 32."I Can Read It Myself!" -- Three Simple Steps to Avoid Reading Slides Verbatim -- 33.A Case for Case I: Initial Caps or All Caps -- Text Design in Presentations -- 34.A Case for Case II: Serif or Sans -- Font Design in Presentations -- 35.What Color Is Your PowerPoint? …”
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