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Captivate

By: Vanessa Van Edwards
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Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People, written and read by Vanessa Van Edwards.

Do you wish you could decode people? Do you want a formula for charisma? Do you want to know exactly what to say to your boss, your date or your networking partner? You need to know how people work.

As a human behaviour investigator, Vanessa Van Edwards studies the hidden forces that drive our behaviour patterns in her lab - and she's cracked the code. In Captivate she shares a wealth of shortcuts, systems and behaviour hacks derived from her research, to help you take charge of interactions at work and at home. You'll learn how to execute a social game plan to navigate any social situation; how to speed-read faces for seven universal 'microexpressions' that can be used to predict people's emotions; and much more besides. When you understand the laws of human behaviour, you can get along with anyone. With Vanessa's help you will never interact in the same way again.

Includes a bonus PDF of quizzes, graphs and illustrations.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2017 Vanessa Van Edwards (P)2017 Penguin Audio

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Loved this!

So much to think about!
Loved Vanessa & her unique take on people skills. Really thought provoking & helpful info that definitely makes you want to follow up.

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SKIP THIS ONE

Judging from other reviews this book reviewed quite well, there is something dodgy going on here, there is no way this book deserves the high star ranking that it has got as it is so lacking in any practical information.....seems like it was written for a first grader, you'll regret buying it.

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Great practical advice for the social introvert

Loved how Vanessa joined the dots between several existing frameworks and explained how to practically apply it all to everyday situations.
Being able to read others and use that to help you convey what you mean is truely the art of communication...and communication is the gateway to connections.

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Love your work!

As usual, your insight into social interaction are awesome. The way you explain these complex but important subject is entertaining but complete. You have sparked a new level of understanding that l wish l had a decade ago. Keep up the good work.

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Excellent listen

I love Vanessa and the Science of People team! This book is fantastic and has helped me improve my social skills.

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captivating read

choc full of actionable advice. enthusiastically narrated by Vanessa. I'm going to need a year or two to master all the skills. as someone that finds it tough to go to mixers, this book has reframed it into a game I look forward to.

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Ok but not ground breaking

Some good gems but more basic than expected. You could get this knowledge from a few blog posts

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Practical and relevant

There aren't many books that I have enjoyed as much as this one! I have became very ciriouse to practice outlined tools and see results for myself. It is intriguing to see how those tools work and people do tend to remeber you more.

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useful usable information

great content, good tips on how to use it in everyday interactions. sure a lot of it is common sense and things we already know... but do we use them everything to improve our relationships and interaction? Vanessa challenges you to practice these and actually use the hacks. everyone should read this book.

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Love Captivate, Beautiful Insights and Must Read

Thank you Vanessa, this is a game changer, life altering transformation, you are awesome. To make peoples lives happier by sharing your secrets is truley remarkable credit to you and your team. I wished I new this when I was at school, this should be taught in schools all over the world. You are a life coach, you are beautiful, you have given people hope. My gratitude goes out to you for making a book full of energy and vibration, removing blocks, removing fear and pain by writing a book with life skills. A testimony to you for talking to your scieneofpeople follows in a way that is easy to captivate.

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