Product Description

"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills." -- Larry King

"The lost art of verbal communication may be revitalized by Leil Lowndes." -- Harvey McKay, author of “How to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive”

What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?"

What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing with people.

The author has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success. In her book Talking the Winner’s Way (Contemporary Books, October 2001) Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques-- she takes the reader from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life. In this information-packed book you’ll find:

• 9 ways to make a dynamite first impression
• 14 ways to master small talk, "big talk," and body language
• 14 ways to walk and talk like a VIP or celebrity
• 6 ways to sound like an insider in any crowd
• 7 ways to establish deep subliminal rapport with anyone
• 9 ways to feed someone's ego (and know when NOT to!)
• 11 ways to make your phone a powerful communications tool
• 15 ways to work a party like a politician works a room
• 7 ways to talk with tigers and not get eaten alive (This last one is for when you need to WIN.)

In her trademark entertaining and straight-shooting style, Leil gives the techniques catchy names so you'll remember them when you really need them, including: "Rubberneck the Room," "Be a Copyclass," "Come Hither Hands," “Bare Their Hot Button,” “The Great Scorecard in the Sky," and "Play the Tombstone Game,” for big success in your social life, romance, and business.

Talking the Winner’s Way is based on solid research about techniques that work!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43637 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

About the Author

Leil Lowndes is a communications consultant whose articles have appeared in Psychology Today, New Woman, Redbook, and Cosmopolitan, among others. She has appeared on more than 200 television and radio shows.

Customer Reviews

A great handbook on Business Etique
The book is easy to read and very easy to apply. The techniques are sound and can make a difference at your very next business exchange. I highly recommend this book. I've given it to my son and he has used it at school, at parties, etc. and it has changed the way he acts when meeting new people. I wish I had this book in high school or college! Call me if you would like to discuss this book and the way it can make a beig difference in your relationships.

Great read
Great book to read and keep as a reference, totally enjoy what she had to offer, found the material excellent and very helpful.

Tons of helpful advice if taken with a grain of salt
This is an easy and enjoyable read; I find Lowndes' style engaging, entertaining and instructive at the same time. Some of the "92 little tricks" probably can make a real difference in someone's life. Some of the advice is a little repetitive, but most ideas are novel and readily applicable in various social situations. Some reviewers felt that Lowndes' style is too colloquial; I felt that her writing made it an easy and enjoyable read. What I especially like is the way the author summed up every tip in a little grey box so you can pick up the book at a later time and quickly reread what you're interested in. I can highly recommend this book, but I yet have to apply its tips in my life and see how valuable they are.