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Talk Less, Say More: 3 Habits To Influence Others And Make Things Happen (2009)

by Connie Dieken(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0470549688 (ISBN13: 9780470549681)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Wiley

review 1: The premise of this book is to learn how to communicate effectively in a short attention span world. The three primary tools are to connect, convey, convince. I thought this would be helpful because I'm the type of detailed person with a long attention span. I add too many details for most people. I listened to the audio book and was very disappointed in the delivery of the content. While the actual content is ok, Ms. Dieken is a professional communicator and talks like a TV reporter. I don't watch much television, so when I hear reporters - usually tune them out to listen to average people talk. You see, I like hearing the author's enthusiasm about their book in their own words and tone. You can hear it in their voice as they read their book. Ms. Dieken has had that edge ... more"polished" out of her voice. Her voice is not bad, it just does not have the edge some of the other books have; dare I say, overproduced.
review 2: Like I mentioned, this book is full of common sense advice and generalizations. The examples she gives are not very illustrative of the points she's trying to make and so they don't really stick. The borderline gimicky trademarked phrases like communiclutter get on my nerves. However, there are some nuggets of wisdom to be gleaned and at the very least the book offers a framework to think about some of these common sense things that we are supposed to know but may not be putting into action. less

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