Conversational Magic: Key to Poise, Popularity, and Success

by Les Donaldson

Book Overview

Shows how to overcome shyness, become more popular, improve one's love life, and manipulate others by learning to converse more effectively. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131721550
• ISBN13: 9780131721555
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Parker Publishing Company
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

simple and effective book I have used so many times

In my early adulthood, I was incapable of expressing myself well. Merely thinking of impromoptu speaking caused my heart to race and my mind to become blank. I could not write decent timed essays; I would be able to list out several facts but not have a way to organize them into an interesting product. My casual conversations resulted in a like fate: If my dialog was not with someone who shared a deep common interest with me, the conversation was doomed. My lack of conversational skills contributed to my being embarassingly isloated and rather unhappy. I needed a plan. I came across "Conversational Magic" in a second-hand bookstore. It aroused my interest immediately when I discovered the chapter on creating the magic sound of a professional. There I discovered sufficiently in-depth yet practical outlines for telling stories, for giving impromptu speeches, and at least in my mind for writing essays. I was certain that this chapter alone was worth far more than the price of the book. My enthusiasm for this book grew when I attempted writing a trial essay using his simple speechwriting formula. It worked. I realized that I had in this short time mastered something would truly improve the quality of my life. Later I discovered another part of the book that would have a lasting impact on me. It was a simple list of five general conversational topics that, according to research, the most popular people tend to favor. The inspired me to develop a keen eye out for learning interesting historical events as well as current events that could be excellent conversation topics in science, politics, and medicine. In the years that followed, I have referred back to this book often, discovering, for instance, the authors very interesting definition of good humor and many other gems almost hidden by the book's terseness and clarity. Now to respond to the previous review author, I will agree that this book does not describe routines for effective behavior at parties between conversations. Such niceties are described very well in the books by R. Don Steele, and Don Gabor. I would be interested in what Les Donaldson has to say on the subject, but I believe that most people are dissuaded from attending parties because they just don't know what to say while they are there. This book allows you to help yourself alleviating exactly this problem.

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I have dozens of books on personality improvement, conversation, speech presentation, making friends, story telling, etc, but this book has the best and most practical advice based on phychological priciples for making interesting conversations, speeches, stories. Get this book!