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Source ISBN: 9780722538074
Ebook Edition © 2014 ISBN: 9780007369867 Version: 2018-03-07
How to Feel Confident
How to Make Anyone Like You
How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You
Contents
Part One: You only have ten seconds to show you’re a somebody
The incredible, inescapable, unique essence of you
9 Watch the scene before you make the scene
Part Two: What do I say after I say ‘hello’?
Small talk, your verbal welcome mat
17 Never the naked introduction
22 Ac-cen-tu-ate the pos-i-tive
23 The latest news … don’t leave home without it
Part Three: How to talk like the big boys ’n’