Captivate

the science of succeeding with people

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Vanessa van Edwards: Captivate (2017)

307 pages

English language

Published Sept. 30, 2017

ISBN:
978-0-399-56448-2
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OCLC Number:
957636604

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"Wish you knew exactly what to say in awkward social situations? Do you want a formula for charisma? Do you want to know exactly what to say to your boss, your date, or your mother-in-law? You need to know how people work. As a human behavior investigator, Vanessa Van Edwards studies the hidden forces that drive our behavior patterns in her lab--and she's cracked the code. In Captivate she shares a wealth of valuable shortcuts, systems and behavior hacks for taking charge of their interactions at work, at home, and in any social situation. These aren't the people skills you learned in school. This is the first comprehensive, science backed, real life manual on human behavior and a completely new approach to building connections. Just like knowing the right formulas to use in chemistry, or the right programming language to write code, the hacks in this book are simple ways …

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Subjects

  • Social psychology
  • Social interaction
  • Interpersonal communication