Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot
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Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot

Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot

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Matt Abrahams (Author)  

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Stanford lecturer and host of the #1 business podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart, Matt Abrahams, reveals the secrets to finding the right words when it counts. 'Filled with practical, tactical advice, this book is indispensable' - Kim Scott, bestselling author of Radical Candor Communication is crucial to success in life and business. However, it is not just big speeches that matter: it is also those critical, spur-of-the-moment situations for which we cannot prepare. A prospective client asking unexpected questions during a sales pitch, a teacher singling you out for an answer during a class, a high-pressure meeting with senior executives at work, or even a heartwarming toast to deliver on the spot. All are fraught scenarios that might cause you to freeze up. The pandemic has only boosted this fear, by stripping the spontaneity from communication during lockdown, and then changing the communication landscape. In this invaluable guide, Matt Abrahams - Stanford University lecturer and creator of the hit podcast, Think Fast, Talk Smart - provides a six-point methodology that will enable you to cut through the anxiety arising from these stressful, impromptu circumstances to create and deliver crisp, compelling and calm communication. Think Faster, Talk Smarter is an energetic, engaging resource for anyone who wants to speak out, spread their ideas, and ultimately share their story. 'Exceptional' - Tony Faddell, inventor of the iPod, co-creator of the iPhone, and internationally bestselling author of Build
Matt Abrahams is the Larsen Lam Family Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and a much sought-after keynote speaker and communication consultant for Fortune 100 companies.His popular podcast, Think Fast, Talk Smart, is the number one career/business programme on Apple Podcasts in India, Israel, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore, and in the top five in the US and the UK, with 1.1 million average downloads/listens per month. His TEDx talks have racked up over six million views. Think Faster, Talk Smarter is his first book.
  • Contributor: Matt Abrahams
  • Imprint: Macmillan Business
  • ISBN13: 9781035024957
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • Packaged Dimensions: 162x243x28mm
  • Packaged Weight: 452
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Release Date: 2023-09-28
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Matt Abrahams is the Larsen Lam Family Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and a much sought-after keynote speaker and communication consultant for Fortune 100 companies.His popular podcast, Think Fast, Talk Smart, is the number one career/business programme on Apple Podcasts in India, Israel, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore, and in the top five in the US and the UK, with 1.1 million average downloads/listens per month. His TEDx talks have racked up over six million views. Think Faster, Talk Smarter is his first book.

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