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Everyone Communicates, Few Connect
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Everyone Communicates, Few Connect

What the Most Effective People Do Differently

HarperCollins Leadership, 2010 more...


Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Concrete Examples
  • For Beginners

Recommendation

To learn how to connect well with others, imitate a connection superstar: leadership development expert John C. Maxwell. When he posted a preliminary version of this book on his blog, 100,000 people viewed it, and many offered comments on how to make it better. Maxwell has sold more than 18 million books and his company has taught leadership skills to more than five million people. He offers this book’s simple principles and its very abundant quotations, anecdotes and stories to explain how to build relationships with other people in many settings. Without being preachy – though he is a preacher – he provides an intelligent, purposeful philosophy about connection. Maxwell’s sensible counsel – focus on others, help them, smile – is not earth shattering, but no one could dispute its basic verity. If the book sometimes seems just to skip merrily from one great story to another, that’s part of its charm – and it all adds up to advice that will improve your ability to link with other people. The trick is to put these examples into practice and Maxwell explains how to do that. getAbstract recommends his book to all those who want to improve their public speaking skills and interpersonal connections.

Take-Aways

  • If people feel close to you, then they will speak well of you, trust you, go the extra mile for you and enjoy being with you.
  • To build a good rapport with others, focus on them, not on yourself.
  • To create meaningful bonds, show people you care for them, you want to help them and they can trust you. You must give support to earn it.

About the Author

John C. Maxwell is an evangelical Christian pastor, speaker and author, who has sold more than 18 million books in more than 50 languages. He is the author of Developing the Leader Within You and The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, among many other books.


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    H. R. 4 years ago
    Hi getabstract. I like your summary style. I have read many summaries and found tjem very applicable and helpful. I would like to suggest please add dating and relationship book titles as well. Lots of people are looking for these summaries as getabstract currently contains only business books
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      4 years ago
      Hello Hussainrazz, Thank you for your comment. I've forwarded your feedback to our Editorial team.
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    m. m. 4 years ago
    can i get chapter wise?
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      4 years ago
      Hello Muhammed, We apologize for any inconvenience, however getAbstract summarizes and compresses the knowledge of the entire book. We do not summarize by chapters.
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    N. F. 1 decade ago
    Very good abstract. Highly recommend it! In this age of social media. I think in this era people don't really know how to communicate anymore.

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