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Captivate

The Science of Succeeding with People

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Captivate

By: Vanessa Van Edwards
Narrated 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.

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Amazing and highly recommended for everyone. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge Vanessa....I can not wait to test everything.

Amazing and highly recommend

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This is the how to, of reading people, who are a bit like those jumbled pictures that leap out at you once you know how to focus your eyes. Everybody sees the same picture, but only through practice, perseverance or in this case clear precise instruction can you see the 3D image leap out at you. Hi Five to Vanessa and Team. :)

How to read the Single-image Stereogram of People

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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.

Practical and relevant

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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.

captivating read

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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.

Loved this!

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Very practical explanations and summary for levelling up relationships. Also great way to learn to understand others

Love the content

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This is a great book, must read, a lot of helpful information. Well done Vanessa Van Edwards and team.

Absolutely brilliant,

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This book has been full of useful ideas and tools that have already transformed my interactions with people. Every single chapter has golden nuggets of practical tips I can implement immediately. I will definitely listen to the audio book again for a refresher in a few months... It’s that good! Thank you so much for this book Vanessa

Relationships Transformed

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Learnt so much, incredibly entertaining and human! I love it when authors read their own work (feels a little more authentic to me haha) - Vanessa Van Edwards did a fantastic job, such an easy and compelling listen.

Wonderful listen!

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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.

Love Captivate, Beautiful Insights and Must Read

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