Communication: How to Connect with Anyone

by Gill Hasson

Communicate more easily and effectively in any situation! Every day, you have the opportunity to interact with people in different areas of your life; in public, at work and at home, with colleagues and clients, with friends and family. Your ability to exchange ideas and opinions with other people, understand their thoughts and feelings, their point of view and solve problems between you depends on how effectively you’re able to communicate. But being understood, and understanding others is not always easy!  Communication is a dynamic, complex process, influenced by all the complexities and differences in human motivation and behaviour. How to Connect with Anyone will help you connect with others, build friendships and develop better relationships with colleagues and clients, friends and family. This engaging, practical guide shares everything you need to know to develop empathy and rapport with others, and feel confident about communicating with a diverse range of people. This book will help How to Connect with Anyone is a valuable guide for anyone who wishes to communicate effectively, clearly and successfully in all aspects of life. 

Genres: Nonfiction, Communication

191 pages, Paperback

Published October 28, 2019

About the author

Gill Hasson is the author of Mindfulness: Be mindful. Live in the moment works with people from diverse backgrounds and situations. Her key motivation is her belief in the ability of people to positively change their way of thinking - about life, other people, and themselves.

She is a freelance journalist and writes articles on personal development and relationships for a variety of magazines, including Psychologies and Take A Break, and for a number of websites.

As well as delivering adult education courses in personal development, she is an associate tutor for the University of Sussex where she teaches career and personal development and academic study skills. She delivers training in child and adolescent development to preschool, youth and social workers, teachers and parents.

Reviews

[I Read, Therefore I Blog · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gill Hasson is a teacher, trainer and writer. In this helpful book she sets out principles of good communication and then provides tips for putting those principles into practice. Each book has a useful summary at the end of each chapter with tips of conversational styles, small talk and disconnecting from conversations plus there are good segments on communicating with people with dementia or hearing problems.

[Adam Buck · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just completed @gillhasson's "Communication - How To Connect With Anyone"

Very instructive. Will use as an ongoing reference. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on Being A Better Listener and Persuasion.

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

That took forever and wasn't particularly helpful.

[Josephine Olok · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice and easy read, some useful tips provided.

[Krunal Ghelani · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an actual "How to" book, where everything is explained with an example.

[Picardy3rd · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dnf as the title was misleading. Communicate w anyone…at work. Not informational on personal communication

[D. S. Dennison · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice collection of communication best practices. Might be good as a quick reference before meetings when you want to put your best foot forward. The book ends a like abruptly but, otherwise, is good.

[Suzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Communication with others can be difficult at times as people have different perspectives leading to misunderstandings in communication especially when writing emails or text. If we are writing a text or an e-mail we need to make it more clear so the other person completely understands the message.

[Candice Steelman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Needed more background info for a class I'm teaching. This book was pretty basic, but some good advice for non-academic readers.

[Boris Saraga · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Liên Hoa Phạm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Việc giao tiếp với gvhd hiện tại của mình có gặp chút trúc trắc, đó là lý do vì sao mình bắt gặp và lựa chọn đọc (skim thì đúng hơn). Mình vẫn luôn nghĩ rằng giữa mình và thầy có một bức tường tạo nên bởi khoảng cách thế hệ và hơn thế nữa, là bất đồng quan điểm. Trong suốt thời gian làm tốt nghiệp, mình cố gắng cố gắng embrace những điểm chung giữa mình và thầy (ví dụ như trong aesthetic, mình vui biết bao khi thầy và mình cùng thấy một cái gì đó, một tác phẩm nào đó "đẹp" hay "chưa đẹp"). Nhưng mà, có nhiều điều mình đã không thể nói ra, hoặc là mình tự "hold myself back", vì mình không muốn làm phật ý thầy, like offending bro is the last thing i want haha. Và cũng vì vậy mà mình sinh tâm lý uất hận, resentment. Nói quá tr quá đất, toàn là overshare chuyện cá nhân, thoi mà túm lại thì mình cảm thấy cuốn sách này
- khá dễ đọc, mình đọc/skim xong 200 trang trong vòng 1 tiếng
- idea không phải hoàn toàn mới nhưng khi đọc lại chúng, chúng hữu ích đối với mình
- văn phong mượt mà, dễ chịu, không giáo điều, chuẩn kiểu American self help (ví dụ như cái "Và" thay vì "Nhưng", mình thề đây ít nhất lần thứ tư ai đó đưa ra lời khuyên ntn)
- sắp xếp các idea/flow mượt mà, logic, đầy đủ
Đọc cũng ukela
- đặc biệt là sau khi đọc mình đã thấy "kinh mạch" đang tắc nghẽn bởi tâm lý chống đối của "một người có xu hướng people pleasing cảm thấy không được lắng nghe" thông thoáng hơn, refresh hơn; mình cảm thấy vấn đề của mình có hi vọng hơn, có ánh sáng hơn chứ không hoàn toàn tắc nghẽn nữa. Cảm ơn sách đã inspired cho mình về điểm đó.
3.7/5
(Mình đọc bản dịch của Thảo Nguyên; nxb Thái Hà)

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

The real basics when it comes to communication. Like really basic...

I did not find it enjoyable or informative, but I guess if you had to start at the bare bones this is it. It does explain communication in a simple and logistic manner.

I am aware this book counts as a textbook so I suspect it would be most helpful and probably for students.

[Oscar Mares · Rating 1 out of 5]

Es un libro tipo recordatorio. La mayor parte de los ejemplos son relacionados al trabajo. Concluye de una forma abrupta sin cierre. Podrías leer las secciones "Pro Tip" y te ahorras todo lo demás.