Improve Your Conversations: Think on Your Feet, Witty Banter, and Always Know What to Say with Improv Comedy Techniques

This is my first review on Amazon after 6 years as a user. This is a great book. I don't care that there are typos and that's it's kind of quickly put together. The book is short and reading it dramatically improved the quality of my conversations (dating, work, networking). Excellent use of $20 and 4hrs of reading.

There were a few good tips buried in the book, but mostly the author kept repeating himself. The advice for the most part would have been enhanced with some real-life examples of how to put into practice the advice. I quit reading a handful of pages before the end - I simply couldn't take any more.

Mostly just common sense stuff. Not really a helpful book. A lot of misspelled words, editing was done poorly.

simple read, decent tips. Take an afternoon to read instead of watching tv...you'll catch something helpful

Not enough samples or real life situations to apply the skill to general

This book really didn't help me out.

I got this book with my free trial of Kindle Pro. Although an extremely short read of no more than a few hours, the book still had alot of useful information to take from it.Essentially, the author seeks to expand on common sense in a way the reader may not have thought of before.For example, it seems strikingly obvious that being contradictory towards others can be off-putting and rude. But have you ever thought of what constitutes being "contradictory"? King points out that replying to others using phrases like "But", or not acknowledging what the other person said and continuing to talk, can cause this. And that I don't think is obvious to everyone.This is not the only takeaway from the book. Other things he talks about include giving attention to your conversation partner (making them feel like you are interested in them and in talking to them), how to think on your feet, the poor consequences of going into a conversation with an agenda, and more. I have yet to put his suggestions into practice, but a useful part of the book are his "exercises" at the end of each chapter to solidify his points by having the reader actually apply them.Examples are generally well explained.A few objections I have with the book are some responses he suggests in examples, sometimes saying them out loud sound far more awkward than what's written on paper.There's a lot of these "self-help" books on the market. and I think it's unfortunately clear that many of them are bulls*** pseudoscience to appeal to those who have hit rock bottom. Much like how scammers and phishers will target those disparate with loans, financial instability, addictions, etc, these books will promise some kind of miracle in order to get the stupid to fork over cash.I did not feel as if King was being overly manipulative in this way. When imagining and applying his points to real life, I could see how each one might benefit me and improve conversations with those around me. So in a way, it's a good thing that he builds off common sense. I'll throw in my recommendation.

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