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juliealmeida's review
3.0
I got this book as one of my monthly audible originals. I thought it would add a different view to the topic because the title made it sound more personal. But it’s very basic and mainly focused on professional conversational skills. Only once in a while turning it to personal conversations.
I’m trying to imagine if this book would have helped me professionally before I learned about different communication and cognitive styles. My answer is “maybe” but not completely.
My point is this book might help beginners who have never before thought about effective professional talk. But to me it was like an incomplete refresher course. And unfortunately I expected something different from it.
I’m trying to imagine if this book would have helped me professionally before I learned about different communication and cognitive styles. My answer is “maybe” but not completely.
My point is this book might help beginners who have never before thought about effective professional talk. But to me it was like an incomplete refresher course. And unfortunately I expected something different from it.
ameserole's review
3.0
This was definitely something different for me.
I don't usually dive into any sort of self-help book but How to Build Meaningful Relationships through Conversations intrigued me. Mostly because I just did my year end review with my boss and he kept saying that I was a very independent worker. So I took that to heart because I used to always be a team player beforehand.
That being said, I saw this book and figured this could definitely help me in and out of the work place.
The little levels we go through dive into how one can become a better listener, speaker, and overall better person. Never really thought of myself as being super selfish when it came to talking to someone but I can definitely tell when I start to zone out of a conversation. Not saying that the person I'm talking to is boring or not important.. no it's just that I am constantly doing something workwise.
It also dove into multitasking.. and how it's kind of nonexistent and no one is good at it. Well this made me laugh because I'm constantly juggling multiple things every day of the week. Especially for work.. but also when I dive into reading some books. So, I'm not fully on board with that statement since I tend to succeed in multitasking.
Other than that, it was something new and different for me.
I don't usually dive into any sort of self-help book but How to Build Meaningful Relationships through Conversations intrigued me. Mostly because I just did my year end review with my boss and he kept saying that I was a very independent worker. So I took that to heart because I used to always be a team player beforehand.
That being said, I saw this book and figured this could definitely help me in and out of the work place.
The little levels we go through dive into how one can become a better listener, speaker, and overall better person. Never really thought of myself as being super selfish when it came to talking to someone but I can definitely tell when I start to zone out of a conversation. Not saying that the person I'm talking to is boring or not important.. no it's just that I am constantly doing something workwise.
It also dove into multitasking.. and how it's kind of nonexistent and no one is good at it. Well this made me laugh because I'm constantly juggling multiple things every day of the week. Especially for work.. but also when I dive into reading some books. So, I'm not fully on board with that statement since I tend to succeed in multitasking.
Other than that, it was something new and different for me.
mnyberg's review
4.0
Really beneficial content but geared towards formal, workplace or difficult situations. I was hoping to gain more insight into more casual conversation techniques with strangers, acquaintances, friends and family. A lot of crossover and general information though.
whitreadslit's review
3.0
This was an interesting listen. I learned a few good tips for how to be a better listener as well as a better conversationalist. She used Shakespeare plays as examples in each lesson, which I found interesting as well. Useful, but nothing that blew me away. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
hadleygenelle's review
3.0
Some helpful tips—mostly common sense. Wish this was more generalized but seems to be heavily focused on workplace interactions & conversations.