Author:Vanessa Van Edwards,Vanessa Van Edwards
Brought to you by Penguin.
It's not enough to have great ideas. You also need to know how to communicate them.
What makes someone charismatic? Why do some people captivate a room, while others have trouble managing a small meeting? What makes some ideas spread, while other good ones fall by the wayside?
Cues - the tiny signals we send to others 24/7 through our body language, facial expressions, word choices and vocal inflection - have a massive impact on how we, and our ideas, come across. Our cues can either enhance our message or undermine it.
In this entertaining and accessible guide to the hidden language of cues, Vanessa Van Edwards teaches you how to convey power, trust, leadership, likability and charisma in every interaction. You'll learn:
- Which vocal cues make you sound more confident
- Which body language cues assert, 'I'm a leader, and here's why you should join me'
- Which verbal cues to use in pitches, branding and emails to increase trust (and generate excitement about interacting with you)
- Which visual cues you are sending in your profile pictures, clothing and professional brand
Whether you're pitching an investment, negotiating a job offer or having a tough conversation with a colleague, Cues can help you improve your relationships, express empathy and create meaningful connections with lasting impact.
'Packed with invaluable strategies for maximizing your message, Van Edward's energy will inspire you to become the best possible version of yourself' - Nir Eyal, author of Hooked.
'A must-have guide to becoming an unstoppable force' - Mel Robbins
© Vanessa Van Edwards 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
A must-have guide to becoming an unstoppable force. Read this book and learn how to amplify your power while remaining true to yourself.
—— Mel Robbins, bestselling author of The High 5 HabitIf your goal is to level up your communication and deepen your relationships, Van Edwards is the expert you've been looking for.
—— Tom Bilyeu, cofounder of Quest Nutrition and the cofounder and host of Impact TheoryA delightful decoder ring for the subtle social signals you're missing.
—— Olivia Fox Cabane, author of The Charisma MythPacked with invaluable strategies for maximizing your message, Van Edwards's energy will inspire you to become the best possible version of yourself.
—— Nir Eyal, author of Hooked and IndistractableHis book will challenge and amuse you. And it may even spur you on to change your life. At the very least reading it would be a good use of one of your four thousand weeks
—— Robbie Smith , Evening StandardI loved this book - it's a celebration of all that is most human: a deep dive into the value and potency of our finitude. Where we might buckle under pressure and uncertainty, Oliver quietly restores our centre of gravity within. You'll emerge from his writing fortified by wonder
—— Derren BrownA beautiful, uplifting read. Reading Oliver Burkeman, I feel my shoulders relax and my mouth curl into a smile of admiration. Witty, modest and refreshingly sane
—— Robert Webb, author of How Not to Be a BoyComforting, fascinating, engaging, inspiring and USEFUL, actually genuinely useful
—— Marian KeyesOliver Burkeman provides an important and insightful reassessment of productivity. The drive to get more done can become an excuse to avoid figuring out what we actually want to accomplish. Only by confronting this latter question can we unlock a calmer, more meaningful, more resilient approach to organizing our time
—— Cal Newport, bestselling author of A World Without Email and Deep WorkWe all know our time is limited. What we don't know - but what Oliver Burkeman is here to teach us - is that our control over that time is also limited. This profound (and often hilarious) book will prompt you to rethink your worship of efficiency, reject the cult of busyness, and reconfigure your life around what truly matters
—— Daniel H. Pink, author of When, Drive, and To Sell is HumanThis is the most important book ever written about time management. Oliver Burkeman offers a searing indictment of productivity hacking and profound insights on how to make the best use of our scarcest, most precious resource. His writing will challenge you to rethink many of your beliefs about getting things done-and you'll be wiser because of it
—— Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of WorkLifeI have long loved Oliver Burkeman's wise and witty journalism that both interrogates and elevates the 'self-help' realm-revealing its possibilities for absurdity while honoring the deeper human impulses that it meets. Four Thousand Weeks is a splendid offering in that spirit. This book is at once sobering and refreshing on all that is truly at stake in what we blithely refer to as 'time management.' It invites nothing less than a new relationship with time-and with life itself
—— Krista Tippett, host of On BeingFour Thousand Weeks is a book to read and re-read, to absorb and reflect on. Compassionate, funny and wise, it has not left my mind since I read it. The modern world teaches us to pretend to be immortal-this book is a dip in the cold, clear waters of reality, returning us refreshed and alive
—— Naomi Alderman, author of The PowerPeppered with good stories... Subtle, provocative and multi-layered... Offers many wise pointers to a happier, less stress-filled life, with none of the usual smug banalities of the self-help genre... Happy days!
Four Thousand Weeks is full of such sage and sane advice, delivered with dry wit and a benevolent tone. I didn't wish back any of the time I spent reading it
—— Joe Moran , GuardianA fantastic, warm, clever book
—— Kate MosseTerrific
—— Derren Brown , The TimesEvery so often you read a book that so profoundly shifts your thinking that you feel indebted with gratitude to the author. Utterly brilliant
—— Yasmin KhanSo easy to read that I finished it in one sitting... I'll probably never organise my time so well again
—— Henry Mance , Financial Times, *Books of the Year*I seldom read self-help books, but Oliver Burkeman's Four Thousand Weeks is in a class of its own
—— James Wilsdon , Research Professional News, *Books of the Year*A compelling argument for why we should be doing less and doing it better... This comforting, calm book is filled with sensible, practical ideas
—— Independent, *Books of the Year*Burkeman offers practical solutions to problems that might otherwise seem too monolithic to disassemble
—— Emily Watkins , iOliver Burkeman's Guardian feature was called "This Column Will Change Your Life". The wisdom of this book could do the same
—— Julia Bueno , Times Literary Supplement[A] brilliant, comforting time-management guide
—— Stig Abell , Sunday TimesKind of cool
—— Jeff Bridges