The Communication Book: 44 Ideas for Better Conversations Every Day
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- Author：Mikael Krogerus
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Summary
LEARN THE TECHNIQUES YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE BETTER AT WORK AND HOME
'Communication is a bit like love - it's what makes the world go round， but nobody really knows how it works。'
Struggle to find the words in meetings？ Know what you mean but not how to say it？ From Aristotle's thoughts on presenting to the Harvard Negotiation Project， internationally bestselling duo Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler have 44 tried and tested ideas to change that。
Distilled into a single volume， their winning marriage of practicality and humour turns seemingly difficult ideas into clear and entertaining diagrams that will help you:
-Brush up on your listening skills and small talk
-Run better meetings
-Improve the conversations in your head
Whether you're a CEO， just starting out or want to improve your relationships at home， this guide will improve your communication skills and help you form more meaningful connections。
'Communication is a bit like love - it's what makes the world go round， but nobody really knows how it works。'
Struggle to find the words in meetings？ Know what you mean but not how to say it？ From Aristotle's thoughts on presenting to the Harvard Negotiation Project， internationally bestselling duo Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler have 44 tried and tested ideas to change that。
Distilled into a single volume， their winning marriage of practicality and humour turns seemingly difficult ideas into clear and entertaining diagrams that will help you:
-Brush up on your listening skills and small talk
-Run better meetings
-Improve the conversations in your head
Whether you're a CEO， just starting out or want to improve your relationships at home， this guide will improve your communication skills and help you form more meaningful connections。
Reviews
Pete
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A nice little compendium of some of the best ideas offered about personal and professional communication。 Not a word is wasted， and through its succinct summaries and handy references to its sources， it becomes a little encyclopedia of ideas， and works to explore further。
kyungil
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I’m surprised at some of these reviews。 The chapters in this book are concise with well explained concepts。I’d totally recommend this book！
Melati Ekasari
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Must-read & must-have！！！
Hazlitt
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~ An insightful book dealing with various aspects of connections。 Probably by hopping into this book one can discover certain intriguing stuff from it。 As it engages with some significant communication concepts and frameworks， it is also a solid mass communication book and delivers many great social communication strategies simultaneously。•~ A book that is bit-sized which exposes 44 communication ideas that readers can employ to build rapport in their daily living。 However， the notion detailed i ~ An insightful book dealing with various aspects of connections。 Probably by hopping into this book one can discover certain intriguing stuff from it。 As it engages with some significant communication concepts and frameworks， it is also a solid mass communication book and delivers many great social communication strategies simultaneously。•~ A book that is bit-sized which exposes 44 communication ideas that readers can employ to build rapport in their daily living。 However， the notion detailed is quite minimal with attractive illustrations （3 pages apiece）， so even though they are quite succinct， the ideologies sound influential。•~ The communication topics covered in this book related to are parted into 4 that are as follows:1。 Job and Career2。 Self and Knowledge3。 Love and Friendship4。 Words and Meanings 。。。more
Kumara Adithya Lanka
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Great summary of great ideas40+ Books rolled into one。 A great starting point to discover ideas that you might want to explore deeper later on or a ready reference。
Eric Antwi-agyei
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Don't let the title deceive you。 This is not a text book but an easy to read book where theories on communication has been broken down for the lay person to understand and use。 Don't let the title deceive you。 This is not a text book but an easy to read book where theories on communication has been broken down for the lay person to understand and use。 。。。more
Michael Wolcott
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Loved the summaries this book provided of communication strategies and theories。 A quick read to give valuable tips for talk。
Roberto Bovina
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The six principles of persuasion by Robert Cialdini， Passive listening by Carl Rogers and Richard Farson， small talk， WAtzlawick theory （isn't possible not communicate， how and who say something is more important of what he's saying）， non-violent communication， fear of missing out （FOMO）， peak-end rule。 The six principles of persuasion by Robert Cialdini， Passive listening by Carl Rogers and Richard Farson， small talk， WAtzlawick theory （isn't possible not communicate， how and who say something is more important of what he's saying）， non-violent communication， fear of missing out （FOMO）， peak-end rule。 。。。more
Apeksha Mehta
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Few chapters were helpful but most of the things mentioned in this book are known facts by everyone。
chickpea B
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Straight to the point and easy to read through。 I read this book in 2019。 To this day I still use some of it's points in my daily life。 Straight to the point and easy to read through。 I read this book in 2019。 To this day I still use some of it's points in my daily life。 。。。more
Aidaras
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Easily digestible read teaching how to not be an idiot in the society。
Harley Fricker
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I just finished ‘The Communication Book’ by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschaeppeler。 44 individual concepts on the art of conversation。 I was most interested in theories on ‘when is it ok to lie？’， ‘how to have a conversation without using the word ‘I’ ‘ and ‘how therapists play a role as a second observer’。 A good book to keep on the coffee table in between life activities but hard to retain the varying information when reading cover to cover。
Amogh Ayya
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Unlike the other books in the series， this book had a lot of theoretical aspects to it rather than the practical applications。 There are quite a few good models in this book， which after application seem to be useful for me personally。 But the book itself didn't introduce how could someone actually apply the various models。 I'd recommend the book， based on personal experience， as a one time read with probably only a few models that'll really stand out。 Unlike the other books in the series， this book had a lot of theoretical aspects to it rather than the practical applications。 There are quite a few good models in this book， which after application seem to be useful for me personally。 But the book itself didn't introduce how could someone actually apply the various models。 I'd recommend the book， based on personal experience， as a one time read with probably only a few models that'll really stand out。 。。。more
Dora Tabako
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Concise， fun but it lacked some thorough explanation of some of its theories。 In general， it had an open minded & useful approach & its sketches made it more interesting
Amanda Judd
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I found the layout very frustrating。 All the diagrams were in two page spreads that simply didn't work because of the style of binding。 Half of the book was basically unreadable。 The content is great but they could have learned from some of their own lessons on delivering said content。 I found the layout very frustrating。 All the diagrams were in two page spreads that simply didn't work because of the style of binding。 Half of the book was basically unreadable。 The content is great but they could have learned from some of their own lessons on delivering said content。 。。。more
Rhiane Hacker
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I read this cover to cover not really knowing why I did that as this is definitely more of a reference book。 There were some good points and interesting bits like some of the studies on the rules but I felt like some of it was a little to vague and needed some more in-depth elaboration。I also found the format and font for the titles a little childish but I’m just being really picky now。
Bence Labancz
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Nagyon felületes， egy egy elméletet 1 oldalon fejt ki。 Jó lenne ha minden modellhez lenne egy könyv cím ami részletesen foglalkozik a témával
Iola Joey
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A light read。
Hestia Istiviani
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I read in English but this review is in Bahasa IndonesiaEven if you say nothing， you are saying something。 Buku ini berkali-kali menarik perhatian sejak aku bekerja di kantor konsultan bisnis。 Rasa-rasanya， memahami seni berkomunikasi akan membawa keuntungan tertentu jika sedang bernegosiasi dengan klien。 Sayangnya， aku malah baru sempat membaca ketika sudah berganti profesi。 Namun， jika dipikir-pikir， tidak ada ruginya untuk mempertajam kemampuan komunikasi。 Suatu saat， pasti akan berguna， juga。 I read in English but this review is in Bahasa IndonesiaEven if you say nothing， you are saying something。 Buku ini berkali-kali menarik perhatian sejak aku bekerja di kantor konsultan bisnis。 Rasa-rasanya， memahami seni berkomunikasi akan membawa keuntungan tertentu jika sedang bernegosiasi dengan klien。 Sayangnya， aku malah baru sempat membaca ketika sudah berganti profesi。 Namun， jika dipikir-pikir， tidak ada ruginya untuk mempertajam kemampuan komunikasi。 Suatu saat， pasti akan berguna， juga。 Seperti yang menjadi sub-judul， buku ini berisi 44 ide， atau lebih jelasnya adalah 44 teori komunikasi yang bisa dimengerti dengan mudah oleh orang awam （orang yang secara akademik tidak mempelajari Ilmu Komunikasi）。 Setiap ide dijelaskan dalam 1 bentuk diagram dan 2 halaman penjelasan yang langsung on point。 Ada yang berupa poin-poin， ada yang berupa paragraf yang dilengkapi dengan contoh di dalam keseharian kita。 The Communication Book dibagi menjadi 5 bagian: Job and Career， Self and Knowledge， Love and Friendship， Words and Meaning， dan Conclusion。 Masing-masing bagian berisi ide-ide yang memang bisa diterapkan dalam komunikasi bidang itu。 Alih-alih aku mendapatkan insight dari buku ini untuk pengembangan karirku， aku malah paling suka dengan bagian Words and Meaning。 Aku memang sempat belajar sedikit tentang berapa teori dalam Ilmu Komunikasi。 Membaca bagian itu di buku ini semacam pengingat dalam bentuk yang lebih singkat dan visual （karena dibantu dengan diagram）。 Buku ini rasanya cocok bagi teman-teman yang sudah berpikiran untuk mulai mengembangkan karir melalui peningkatan kemampuan diri。 Singkat， namun bisa dijadikan alat bantu。 Referensi atau bibliografi yang ada di akhir buku juga bisa ditelusur jika masih penasaran dengan kelengkapan teorinya。 A message is more than just what is said。 It changes depending on how it is understood。 。。。more
Muhammad Talha
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Easy， concise and basic book。 Excellent for newbies。
Ganesh Datar
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It would've been better if few concepts were elaborated a little more。 It would've been better if few concepts were elaborated a little more。 。。。more
Tom Nowak
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This was OK。 I like the Decision Book better though， I still go back to it from time to time。
Shinabhat Maneerin
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Best lottery new year draw present ever。 An indeed useful book which provides such practical suggestions。
Suresh S
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Brilliant book on effective communication。
nostranadim
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This book is a simple book on communication theories from multiple sources。 It is not extremely specific and describe the theories in details but it sure is helpful for readers to grasp the basic idea of communication
Vlad-Marius Griguta
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Introductory book into some generic theories of communication， reasoning and debating。 There were some nice reminders of the works of Kahneman， the ancient Greeks and alikes， but for the theories that I haven't hear of I could not grasp the ideas behind them in the couple of paragraphs format they were presented。 When I bought the book （for quite a price）， I thought I would use it as a reference for immersing into the theories， but the fact that the ideas are so succinct somehow defeats the purp Introductory book into some generic theories of communication， reasoning and debating。 There were some nice reminders of the works of Kahneman， the ancient Greeks and alikes， but for the theories that I haven't hear of I could not grasp the ideas behind them in the couple of paragraphs format they were presented。 When I bought the book （for quite a price）， I thought I would use it as a reference for immersing into the theories， but the fact that the ideas are so succinct somehow defeats the purpose since I could not really discriminate between them。 。。。more
rajeshkvfxgmail。com
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A quick read，gives us reader step by step process for having a better communication。。。。。
Tanishca
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"We all admire people who give good answers。 But we admire those who ask good questions even more。 The people we remember most are the ones who really listen。"。This was a fun read for me。 The ideas in this book are amazing。 It's not a book that displays a set of rules that you have to necessarily apply to know if it works， instead， it focuses on making you understand why we react to certain situations the way we do。。It explores our ways （or rather lack） of communication with various situations i "We all admire people who give good answers。 But we admire those who ask good questions even more。 The people we remember most are the ones who really listen。"。This was a fun read for me。 The ideas in this book are amazing。 It's not a book that displays a set of rules that you have to necessarily apply to know if it works， instead， it focuses on making you understand why we react to certain situations the way we do。。It explores our ways （or rather lack） of communication with various situations in our life， including with ourselves and that's the part I loved the most。。This is one of those books that you should always keep by your bedside and read a chapter or two just before sleeping， it'll really help you。 。。。more
Chris Gwilliams
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Concise and cool information summed up in each section and at the end of each section。 Ideal。
Harithsa Vishruth
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