The Art of Small Talk: Go Shallow to go Deep
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- 45,00 kr
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- 45,00 kr
Publisher Description
Prepare to be schooled in the art of conversation by dynamic duo Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair. Dismissing the notion that small talk is a painful social obligation, these self-proclaimed small talk maestros share their gift of gab in this laugh-out-loud and instructive audiobook. With their help you might find yourself excitedly asking your barista about the weather…and maybe you’ll get a free coffee. Who knows!
In The Art of Small Talk, Casey and Jessica share six simple rules for how to engage in small talk and achieve the connectedness we all crave with any and everyone. Backed by scientific research (conducted by real experts), they’ll teach you how to move past the perceived misery of idle chit-chat and start making magic out of the mundane.
The audiobook features smart humor, genuine advice, and conversations with both the famous and the intellectual. Hear from folks like Amy Poehler, Colin Quinn, Tony Hale, Malcolm Gladwell, June Diane Raphael, and a range of experts with their takes on not only the how but also the why. Filled with entertaining tips to take you from Hostile Beginner to Confident Expert, compelling insights on the significance of chatting up strangers, plus transformational tape of a real, live, Small Talk trainee in action, The Art of Small Talk breathes new life into a lost art and explores its profound impact on our human experience.
After listening to the undisputed Patron Saints of Small Talk, you will have all the tools and gumption at your disposal to take your headphones off on the tarmac and ask your mate in 20C: Have you listened to the Art of Small Talk by Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair? It will change your life.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Comic actresses Casey Wilson (Happy Endings) and Jessica St. Clair (Playing House) know that not everybody is born with the ability to make casual chitchat with total strangers. But as they prove with this hilarious and surprisingly useful self-development audiobook, it’s easy to learn. The way they figure it, the reason most people think they hate small talk is that they forget that the keyword is “small.” Along with classics like weather and traffic, they suggest topics that people are familiar with but don’t have strong feelings about, like The Golden Girls. (Another great tip? Keep it moving—be in and out of that stranger’s life in seconds!) Commentary by everyone from SNL vet Amy Poehler to New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell provides enlightening ideas about why small talk enhances our lives. But it’s the chatty interplay between real-life friends and skilled podcast hosts Wilson and St. Clair that will keep you laughing and nodding throughout.