Publisher's Synopsis
Learn how to adapt, win people over, and handle just about any social situation.
Your qualifications and intelligence aren't what will move you forward in life. People skills (soft skills, interpersonal skills, social skills, and likability) are. They allow you to effortlessly glide through life and roll with the punches, as well as maximize the situations you'll find yourself in. When your relationships are harmonious and authentic, the whole world opens up.
Understand people's psychological drives.
Improve Your People Skills is a book of action that allows you to truly understand others and speak their language, no matter what it is. It will fundamentally change your approach to others and you'll instantly understand where you've gone wrong. It goes beyond social intelligence and gives you a blueprint to the psychology of people.
Become a captivating, comforting, and desired presence.
Whether it's winning at work politics, making new friends, or strengthening current relationships, people skills are your quickest and surest route to success - no matter the situation. Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and sought-after social skills coach and trainer. He knows firsthand the value of people skills because they rescued him from lackluster grades and jumpstarted his career - the value of "just fitting in anywhere" cannot be understated.
Build trust, create emotional depth, and cultivate intimacy.
-How our assumptions and mindsets create social self-sabotage.
-Everything we must do before we ever open our mouths.
-The keys to intentional listening and validation.
-The core components of getting past small talk.
-How to gain great self-awareness of your interpersonal habits.
-The toxic, annoying habits that are probably repulsing people right now.
People skills open the doors for your life in a way that literally nothing else can.
The world is not a meritocracy - a startling realization for most, but a happy epiphany for those with people skills. Technical skills can almost always be learned, but people skills are rare and valuable. Create massively successful relationships anywhere.
