Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People
Written by Vanessa Van Edwards
Narrated by Vanessa Van Edwards
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About this audiobook
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 to solve for people. For example:
· The Social Game Plan: Every party, networking event and social situation has a predictable map - discover how to work a room and the sweet spot for making the most connections.
· The 7 Microexpressions: Learn how to speed-read the 7 universal facial expressions and how they can be used to predict people's emotions.
· Conversation Sparks: All conversations can be hacked-if you know how certain words generate dopamine in the people you meet.
When you understand the laws of human behavior you can get along with anyone, and your influence, impact, and income will increase as a result. What's more, you will improve your interpersonal intelligence, make a killer first impression, and build rapport quickly and authentically in any situation-negotiations, interviews, parties, and pitches. You will never interact in the same way again.
Editor's Note
Lead the conversation…
A must-read guide for anyone too shy or scared to talk to strangers at networking events or parties. Learn to read a room and turn the tides in your favor in any conversation by learning the rules that regulate human behavior. Full of actionable tips to eradicate any awkward pauses in future conversations.
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Reviews for Captivate
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent audiobook! You'll definitely learn a lot about social interactions and new communication skills you could improve on to enrich your life and the lives of others!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5this should be a requirement in school for every single person! so vital to know! necessary to live well with others and obtain what you want from people and so people can obtain from you Only what you can provide. I love vanessa so much for sharing so much knowledge. ♡ vanessa, thank you!!!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great book to listen to, simple, clear, and enjoyable.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is one of the most profound pieces of work in our culture. I believe if everyone understood the people they were interacting with you would have a lot more for me and contentment with each other. Most importantly, we would have a lot more grace. this is life-changing work! Thank you Vanessa and your incredible team for putting this together!
Dee - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great practical, scientifically-backed advice (hacks) for dealing with people. Enjoyed hearing it narrated by author.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very informative. Please continue to create more of such books.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Such an interesting book and topic. I promise that if you pay attention to what she says, it will change the way you see other people from the very second you finish the book!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I’m putting this book into practice at my job already
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Worth listen to it more than once! Excellent audio book
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5really practical and cover everything. thank you so much !
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Vanessa thank you so much for being inspired to write this book to Insight is beautiful and very delightfully entertaining. my only request would be to have PDF files actually show up on audio books I have purchased. Nevertheless thank you with the utmost kind hearted heart you are a wonderful human being.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I have been looking for a book that would teach me how to have different level of connection with others. This book is most current book on practical tips of creating better connections.
I can't wait to study this book until I know it.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Listen to this audio in two days found it interesting and enjoyed the extra bonus from the website. Great life lessons that will get you to where you want to be in life and the most out it.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Just the practical book I needed. GREAT READ!! GOOD JOB VANESSA ? I love the 14 'HACK' Methodology - knits this whole thing. Good summaries, chapter reviews and well balanced with amazing references. A MUST READ!!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is just AWESOME!!! i've learnt sooo much, it would make a great gift for family and friends
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