If you're sitting at the box day in day out like me and start to lose touch with real people, this is the book for you. Because you have probably forgotten most of the basics.
It's about 92 little tricks for communicating better, getting in touch easier, and conveying your points better. Sure, most of the material is basic, but I have to admit it works. Some advice sounds strange at first, but thinking over it it starts making sense.
If you happen to grab some audio version, I bet you'll have problems with the pollyanna type of woman narrating the tricks, but you'll get over it. If you can ignore the female-biased point of view of the stories, you'll end up with some nice psychological tricks under your belt, and the next party is made for you.
As soon as I had finished the first tricks, I actually enjoyed the socializing at the next event. Not so much because suddenly I liked talking but I really enjoyed analyzing people's behavior and making "social experiments".
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
thanks Dirk, no better recommendation than "it works in real life." "Life as an experiment" can lead to some problematic issues, though, I would think.