Improve Your People Skills: Build and Manage Relationships, Communicate Effectively, Understand Others, and Become the Ultimate People Person

by Patrick King

The social intelligence to succeed any social situation. Fit in anywhere, build rapport, and win people over. If you (1) have trouble connecting with people beyond small talk, or (2) are often left speechless and dumbfounded on how to handle certain people and situations, that feeling of dread isn’t something you have to live with. Improve Your People skills is your key to social intelligence and the better relationships to enrich your life that will inevitably follow. Become a “social butterfly” and “people person.” 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. You’ll learn how to apply great charm to make new friends and engage old ones. It will fundamentally change your approach to people and give you the specific phrases and tools for change. It goes beyond emotional intelligence and gives you a blueprint for interaction. 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. Handle any situation smoothly – even confrontations. • Why self-interests matter, and what secondary self-interests are. • How to reform the toxic social habits you probably have. • Uncover your rapport-killing assumptions and mental leaps. • Bad listening and effective listening. Build trust and create emotional connections. • Emotional intelligence – how it really helps you. • Whether you are a member of the Belief Police. • The truth about childhood and ancient wisdom about connecting with people. • The underrated value of simply shutting your mouth more. 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. Are you leading people in the office, or just mingling at a party? What about just hanging out and relaxing at your friend’s place? No matter what, the people who matter are the ones with people skills. Your relationships will improve greatly, you’ll be able to accomplish what you want far more easily, and you’ll never allow people to feel awkward or uncomfortable. When you speak, people will sit up and listen. Become the ultimate people person and social click the BUY NOW button at the top right of this page!

Genres: Communication, Self Help, Nonfiction, Relationships, Business, Social, Leadership

111 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2017

About the author

Patrick King is a Social Interaction Specialist, in other words, a dating, online dating, image, and communication and social skills coach based in San Francisco, California, and has been featured on numerous national publications such as Inc.com. He’s also a #1 Amazon best-selling dating and relationships author with the most popular online dating book on the market, and writes frequently on dating, love, sex, and relationships.

He focuses on using his emotional intelligence and understanding of human interaction to break down emotional barriers, instill confidence, and equip people with the tools they need for success. No pickup artistry and no gimmicks, simply a thorough mastery of human psychology delivered with a dose of real talk, perfected and honed through three years of law school.

Reviews

[Mina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some solid, basic advice that seems well founded. My only problem was that some of the perspectives and suggestions seemed borderline manipulative, and I wasn't comfortable with that standpoint.

[Brianna Dwinnell · Rating 3 out of 5]

*listened on audible*
good reminders, but not what I was hoping to get out of the book

[Imraan Schloss · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good read

As a bit of a loner it always puzzled me hpw people interacted with one another, and being a loner I was and am mostly still very introverted so I am always analyzing myslef and everything around me and it dawned on me that you're ability to interact with people around you and people that you may not know yet is vital to your future and fortune.

After studying communication through various books but mostly unspoken communication such as tones, body language and the like I was still a bit shacky on the actual interactions part, I have to say that this book is brilliant at hoghlighting the negative points that you might not even know you have and he explains in a simple easy to understand way to help yourself remedy these negative habits.

I would definitely recommend this book for anyone that is having a problem with communicating with the people that they surround themselves with or interacting with new people that you do not know yet.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and please have a good day further.

And to Patrick thank you for taking the time to write this book for those who need it out there

Imraan S
Peace out

[Travis Chambers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some insightful tidbits, but overall pretty formulaic and dry.

For conversational topics, the acronym FORD is useful to have on hand:
FORD - family, occupation, recreation, dreams.

I also appreciated his reference again to active listening. If I can get active listening into my brain more and more, I will be a better communicator.

Overall, not life changing, but useful and a fine book club read.

[Andres · Rating 4 out of 5]

An Ok book. Almost like in a bullet format of high yield stuff, most of which is common sense. However, knowing that common sense is not common, it is a nice read for those trying to figure out why they run into the same problems over an over again and why they fail to establish meaningful connections with people.

[Rick Yvanovich · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is always room for improvement

There is always room for improvement and this book is a great example of that.
No matter what you think your people skills are like there’s likely to be a nugget or two in this book which will make them even better.

[Jorge · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. It is short but very well written and researched. It definitively changed my way of seeing life, I learned a lot of things regarding human relations, a topic that is problematic for me.

[Marlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great information

Thank you, I found this book to be informative and easily to follow with practical suggestions. I am now on to the next book: Chatter Small Talk, Charisma, and How to Talk to Anyone.

[Coby Pennington · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple read and simple message. While I appreciate that there is not a lot of fluff it seemed almost too quick and too simple. Not a lot of ah ha moments! There were some high value insights that are just good reminders and there is value in that.

[Jordan Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative and eye opening

The writing. Is straight to the point and identify communication problems people may have. And made me realise some of the things I need to work on. It’s a fast and great read.

[Ommar H · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gusto mucho este audio libro, da muy buenos consejos todos ellos bastante aplicables a la vida diaria y explicados de manera muy clara y fácil de comprender, el audio muy claro y con buena velocidad que es importante cuando tu ingles no es avanzado. Si lo recomiendo.

[Tanya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good points, but my problem with Hoopla books are that they are too short and therefore can't go into more details or scenarios. Good book to improve oneself but not enough on how to use these skills to work with other people.

[Tao Wickrath · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was so boring. I did not learn a thing or take anything I will apply to my daily life. It was a complete drag to read. Really thought about just stopping 50 pages in. But I forced myself to finish. I suppose if you don’t have common sense this is a good choice ? Not a fan

[Andi Vida · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thanks for it. I guess it will be useful in our social life. "Skip it, stop it, shut up" - so simple recipe. :) - BUT: ethos, pathos, logos are *not* Latin, but Greek ones. What a pity...

[Ria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love listening to this! These are valid well-founded concepts that actually work! Good reminder to self book.

[Jordine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent !

[Monica Macomber · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s pretty simplistic in the beginning but after a few chapters I started to get a lot out of it.

[edmund wu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very hand on , good frame to practice

I like the book , it’s logic and author right tone and mix up many practical idea and insight . Definitely recommend to others

[Mark Stapel · Rating 4 out of 5]

added to notes, audible, finished July 14, 2021

[Dillon Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid advice when looking for tools to become a better person.

[Lisa Luciano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this short, superb book. A practical, friendly read.

[Kris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am listening to the audible version. I mentioned in a prior update he author is a bit in your face about what to do and not to do which may be over the top for some. Overall I found it to be a good read. I found at least 3-5 things I could take from each chapter and put into action. There is a summary chapter at the very end, which I found to be a good resource.

[T · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was ok. Got this book as part of a promotion.

[Eneni · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book I will definitely be reading over and over again. It has changed the way I think about social skills and interactions. For those of us who want to fade away into the wallpaper in social events, this book offer many tools to work the crowd and overcome the fear. Definitely one of my top 5 reads for the year.