Communication
The art of human connection shapes every interaction, from casual conversations to high-stakes business deals, making it essential to master the nuances of influence and persuasion. These practical guides and expert insights reveal time-tested strategies for building relationships, negotiating effectively, and communicating with clarity and impact in both personal and professional spheres.
Communication Book Summaries
The Power of Body Language
Most body language advice starts with the face. An ex-FBI agent starts with the feet.
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Relationships
Personal Development
The Power of Body Language
Most body language advice starts with the face. An ex-FBI agent starts with the feet.
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Relationships
Personal Development
Using Your Brain--For a Change
Most people let their minds run on autopilot. Here are the tools to take the wheel.
Psychology
Self Help
Mind
Consciousness
Learning
Using Your Brain--For a Change
Most people let their minds run on autopilot. Here are the tools to take the wheel.
Psychology
Self Help
Mind
Consciousness
Learning
Say It Well
A White House speechwriter's method for speaking that moves people: be more yourself, not less.
Self Help
Business
Leadership
Writing
Psychology
Say It Well
A White House speechwriter's method for speaking that moves people: be more yourself, not less.
Self Help
Business
Leadership
Writing
Psychology
StoryBranding 2.0
Customers already hold their beliefs. The brands that win simply agree, clearly and consistently.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
Management
Psychology
StoryBranding 2.0
Customers already hold their beliefs. The brands that win simply agree, clearly and consistently.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
Management
Psychology
STFU
Your mouth is costing you money, relationships, and influence. The modern case for silence.
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Personal Development
Technology
STFU
Your mouth is costing you money, relationships, and influence. The modern case for silence.
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Personal Development
Technology
High School English Grammar and Composition
Grammar isn't guesswork. The systematic classic that builds clear writing from the ground up.
Writing
Language
Education
Reference
Self Help
High School English Grammar and Composition
Grammar isn't guesswork. The systematic classic that builds clear writing from the ground up.
Writing
Language
Education
Reference
Self Help
Words That Change Minds
Decode the motivation behind anyone's words, and you hold the script for getting their yes.
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Management
Words That Change Minds
Decode the motivation behind anyone's words, and you hold the script for getting their yes.
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Management
The Vocabulary Builder Workbook
Roots, false friends, and word origins: the 1,400-word shortcut to a command of English.
Language
Writing
Reference
Education
Self Help
The Vocabulary Builder Workbook
Roots, false friends, and word origins: the 1,400-word shortcut to a command of English.
Language
Writing
Reference
Education
Self Help
Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success
The brain's emotional center fires before logic does. Top sellers train that, not the pitch.
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
Personal Development
Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success
The brain's emotional center fires before logic does. Top sellers train that, not the pitch.
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
Personal Development
Rapport
Tested on terrorists: four communication styles that turn reading people into a learnable skill.
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Relationships
Leadership
Rapport
Tested on terrorists: four communication styles that turn reading people into a learnable skill.
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Relationships
Leadership
Think Again
Turn arguments from fights into tools: spot the fallacies, build sound cases, refute with civility.
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Education
Think Again
Turn arguments from fights into tools: spot the fallacies, build sound cases, refute with civility.
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Education
The 2-Hour Cocktail Party
Not a natural networker? Two hours on a Tuesday with name tags does the work for you.
Self Help
Business
Relationships
Personal Development
Friendship
The 2-Hour Cocktail Party
Not a natural networker? Two hours on a Tuesday with name tags does the work for you.
Self Help
Business
Relationships
Personal Development
Friendship
Secrets of Dynamic Communications
One sentence first, then a full preparation system that builds talks audiences actually remember.
Self Help
Business
Leadership
Language
Management
Secrets of Dynamic Communications
One sentence first, then a full preparation system that builds talks audiences actually remember.
Self Help
Business
Leadership
Language
Management
Everything is Negotiable
Why one-sided concessions backfire, and the simple 'if' that turns every proposal into a trade.
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
Economics
Everything is Negotiable
Why one-sided concessions backfire, and the simple 'if' that turns every proposal into a trade.
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
Economics
It's Not All About Me
Why ending the conversation early makes people open up: an FBI insider's field-tested rapport rules.
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Personal Growth
Leadership
It's Not All About Me
Why ending the conversation early makes people open up: an FBI insider's field-tested rapport rules.
Self Help
Psychology
Business
Personal Growth
Leadership
Human Hacking
The social engineer's guide to reading anyone, building instant rapport, and ethical persuasion.
Self Help
Psychology
Leadership
Business
Personal Development
Human Hacking
The social engineer's guide to reading anyone, building instant rapport, and ethical persuasion.
Self Help
Psychology
Leadership
Business
Personal Development
Stop People Pleasing
You've trained people to expect your yes. Here is the retraining program, starting with two words.
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
Mental Health
Self Improvement
Stop People Pleasing
You've trained people to expect your yes. Here is the retraining program, starting with two words.
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
Mental Health
Self Improvement
The Intelligent Conversationalist
Opinions matter more than expertise. A crash course on having something to say about everything.
Self Help
Reference
Self Improvement
Psychology
Relationships
The Intelligent Conversationalist
Opinions matter more than expertise. A crash course on having something to say about everything.
Self Help
Reference
Self Improvement
Psychology
Relationships
The Science of Likability
Earn trust, make friends, win people over: the social psychology tactics that actually work.
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
Personal Development
Leadership
The Science of Likability
Earn trust, make friends, win people over: the social psychology tactics that actually work.
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
Personal Development
Leadership
Storynomics
Your ads are blocked. The screenwriter's craft can replace them, and the results are measurable.
Business
Writing
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Management
Storynomics
Your ads are blocked. The screenwriter's craft can replace them, and the results are measurable.
Business
Writing
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Management
Objective Communication
Most communication floats free of reality. An Objectivist shows how to anchor yours in facts.
Philosophy
Writing
Self Help
Education
Language
Objective Communication
Most communication floats free of reality. An Objectivist shows how to anchor yours in facts.
Philosophy
Writing
Self Help
Education
Language
Digital Body Language
Half your emails land wrong. The cues, channels, and timing that fix digital communication.
Business
Leadership
Self Help
Psychology
Management
Digital Body Language
Half your emails land wrong. The cues, channels, and timing that fix digital communication.
Business
Leadership
Self Help
Psychology
Management
How real is real?
Reality is built from messages, not facts. Spies, dolphins, and a counting horse show why.
Psychology
Philosophy
Language
Science
Sociology
How real is real?
Reality is built from messages, not facts. Spies, dolphins, and a counting horse show why.
Psychology
Philosophy
Language
Science
Sociology
Leadership is Language
Most leaders speak the language of the factory floor. How to talk so your team thinks and commits.
Leadership
Business
Management
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership is Language
Most leaders speak the language of the factory floor. How to talk so your team thinks and commits.
Leadership
Business
Management
Psychology
Self Help
Writing for Busy Readers
Most people won't read what you write. A behavioral scientist's rules for changing that.
Writing
Business
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Writing for Busy Readers
Most people won't read what you write. A behavioral scientist's rules for changing that.
Writing
Business
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Conversational Intelligence
Every conversation triggers either trust or fear in the brain. How great leaders steer toward trust.
Business
Leadership
Psychology
Self Help
Management
Conversational Intelligence
Every conversation triggers either trust or fear in the brain. How great leaders steer toward trust.
Business
Leadership
Psychology
Self Help
Management
The Back of the Napkin
Turn stick figures into solved problems and sold ideas: the visual thinking system anyone can use.
Business
Design
Management
Creativity
Self Help
The Back of the Napkin
Turn stick figures into solved problems and sold ideas: the visual thinking system anyone can use.
Business
Design
Management
Creativity
Self Help
Negotiating the Impossible
Standard tactics backfire in a deadlock. The counterintuitive moves that actually break through.
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
Management
Negotiating the Impossible
Standard tactics backfire in a deadlock. The counterintuitive moves that actually break through.
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
Management
Presenting to Win
The framework for moving any audience from indifference to action, one slide at a time.
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Management
Reference
Presenting to Win
The framework for moving any audience from indifference to action, one slide at a time.
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Management
Reference
Public Speaking for Success
Stage confidence isn't personality. It's what happens when preparation meets genuine conviction.
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Psychology
Leadership
Public Speaking for Success
Stage confidence isn't personality. It's what happens when preparation meets genuine conviction.
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Psychology
Leadership
How to Read a Person Like a Book
You listen at 700 words per minute; people speak at 160. Learn to read the silence.
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Relationships
How to Read a Person Like a Book
You listen at 700 words per minute; people speak at 160. Learn to read the silence.
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
Relationships
How to Talk to Anyone at Work
72 workplace scripts: how to enter a room, handle a micromanager, and defuse any complainer.
Business
Self Help
Psychology
Leadership
Management
How to Talk to Anyone at Work
72 workplace scripts: how to enter a room, handle a micromanager, and defuse any complainer.
Business
Self Help
Psychology
Leadership
Management
The Unpublished David Ogilvy
The advertising legend's private memos: how to hire, lead, write, and build brands that last.
Business
Leadership
Management
Writing
Creativity
The Unpublished David Ogilvy
The advertising legend's private memos: how to hire, lead, write, and build brands that last.
Business
Leadership
Management
Writing
Creativity
I Love You But I Don't Trust You
Not all betrayal is infidelity. Rebuilding trust after lies, neglect, secrets, or worse.
Relationships
Self Help
Psychology
Marriage
Personal Development
I Love You But I Don't Trust You
Not all betrayal is infidelity. Rebuilding trust after lies, neglect, secrets, or worse.
Relationships
Self Help
Psychology
Marriage
Personal Development
The Win Without Pitching Manifesto
The pitch is the enemy: how creative firms win clients without giving away their thinking.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
Management
Leadership
The Win Without Pitching Manifesto
The pitch is the enemy: how creative firms win clients without giving away their thinking.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
Management
Leadership
Lovemarks The Future Beyond Brands
Brands lost their mystery. Three buried instincts are the only way to get it back.
Business
Design
Art
Creativity
Psychology
Lovemarks The Future Beyond Brands
Brands lost their mystery. Three buried instincts are the only way to get it back.
Business
Design
Art
Creativity
Psychology
Origins of Human Communication
Language didn't start with a code. It started with pointing, pantomime, and the urge to help.
Psychology
Language
Science
Anthropology
Evolution
Origins of Human Communication
Language didn't start with a code. It started with pointing, pantomime, and the urge to help.
Psychology
Language
Science
Anthropology
Evolution
How to Get a Meeting with Anyone
A micro-targeted campaign system that opens doors to C-suites with response rates near 100 percent.
Business
Management
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Leadership
How to Get a Meeting with Anyone
A micro-targeted campaign system that opens doors to C-suites with response rates near 100 percent.
Business
Management
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Leadership
Covert Persuasion
Body language, loaded questions, and well-timed stories: the hidden playbook for getting to yes.
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Personal Growth
Leadership
Covert Persuasion
Body language, loaded questions, and well-timed stories: the hidden playbook for getting to yes.
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Personal Growth
Leadership
How to Be a Power Connector
155 people, three tiers, one rhythm: the playbook for making a network that actually pays.
Business
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
Management
Leadership
How to Be a Power Connector
155 people, three tiers, one rhythm: the playbook for making a network that actually pays.
Business
Self Help
Entrepreneurship
Management
Leadership
Giftology
One knife, no logo, worst possible moment. The business gift that actually works.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Self Help
Personal Development
Giftology
One knife, no logo, worst possible moment. The business gift that actually works.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Self Help
Personal Development
The small BIG
Persuasion runs on tiny levers: one sentence, a number, a name. Big arguments rarely move anyone.
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
Management
The small BIG
Persuasion runs on tiny levers: one sentence, a number, a name. Big arguments rarely move anyone.
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
Management
Improve Your Conversations
Replace awkward silences with fluid exchanges using the collaborative techniques of improv comedy.
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
Relationships
Improve Your Conversations
Replace awkward silences with fluid exchanges using the collaborative techniques of improv comedy.
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
Relationships
Social Intelligence
The silent 93% of communication: read it, send it, and connect with anyone you meet.
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Business
Leadership
Social Intelligence
The silent 93% of communication: read it, send it, and connect with anyone you meet.
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Business
Leadership
The Narcissist You Know
How to recognize and disarm seven types of narcissist, by understanding the shame behind them.
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Relationships
Personal Development
The Narcissist You Know
How to recognize and disarm seven types of narcissist, by understanding the shame behind them.
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Relationships
Personal Development
