Who?
Anyone interested in increasing self-confidence, meeting more people, and improving their personal or professional relationships.
When?
As soon as you realize that face-to-face communication is important for your life.
Why?
How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere is so short, written by a very experienced and confident conversationalist, and to the point that it’s a shame not to take the little bit of time you need to breeze through it.
Best Quote
You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.
Review
Like How to Win Friends and Influence People, How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere really seems like feel-good self-help book that will tell you just to be nice, and if you do it well, good things will come to. It’s not. Yes, there are lessons in Larry King’s book that deal with being nice, smiling, and acting like you’re interested in others, but there is much more to it than that.
Larry King is one of the best interviewers around. He knows how to get information out of the most belligerent, reserved, or weird people you can find. How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere teaches you how to:
- More effectively start conversations.
- Listen for key points of pain, need, sympathies, wants, and more in others.
- Give a speech that sticks with your audience.
Last Word
How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere is a short, fast read from one of the most seasoned and experienced people in the field of, well, talking. The lessons Larry King imparts are simple, but if you apply them to your life, I guarantee that you will find yourself getting ahead faster than ever.
