As a human behavior hacker, Vanessa Van Edwards created a research lab to study the hidden forces that drive us. And she’s cracked the code. In Captivate, she shares shortcuts, systems, and secrets for taking charge of your 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 how to captivate anyone—and a completely new approach to building connections.
Just like knowing the formulas to use in a chemistry lab, or the right programming language to build an app, Captivate provides simple ways to solve people problems. You’ll learn, for example…
· How to work a room: Every party, networking event, and social situation has a predictable map. Discover the sweet spot for making the most connections.
· How to read faces: It’s easier than you think to speed-read facial expressions and use them to predict people’s emotions.
· How to talk to anyone: Every conversation can be memorable—once you learn how certain words generate the pleasure hormone dopamine in listeners.
When you understand the laws of human behavior, your influence, impact, and income will increase significantly. 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’ll never interact the same way again.
Author
Vanessa Van Edwards
Vanessa Van Edwards is a renowned behavioral researcher, international bestselling author, and instructor at Harvard University. More than 75 million people have seen her on YouTube and in her viral TEDxLondon talk. Her groundbreaking research at her company, Science of People, has been featured in Fast Company, Inc., USA Today, Entrepreneur magazine, and many more media outlets, including on CNN and CBS. Her book Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People has been translated into more than 18 languages and her second book, Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication was an instant WSJ bestseller. For more than a decade, she has been leading corporate trainings and workshops to audiences around the world, including at SXSW and MIT, and at companies including Google, Dove, Microsoft, and Comcast. Her unique online courses have taught half a million students worldwide how to succeed in business and life by understanding the hidden dynamics of people. She lives with her husband and daughters in Southern California.
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