Connect Instantly: 60 Seconds to Likability, Meaningful Connections, and Hitting It off with Anyone

What makes people open up, engage, and connect with them? They've mastered the first 60 seconds of any interaction. The author of Connect Instantly, Patrick King, is a highly sought-after social skills coach, internationally best-selling author, and has been featured in GQ, Forbes, Men's Fitness, and Huffington Post: advice from a practitioner and coach and former social recluse. Create a bulletproof first impression and turn strangers into lasting relationships. Beat surface level small talk and truly connect. It focuses on what to actually do when you find yourself meeting new people, what to say, and how to react and respond to them. Learn to escape idle chit-chat and hit it off with anyone.. Connect Instantly is about breaking though the ice with anyone and setting the stage for friendships and relationships where there doesn't appear to be anything in common. Network your way anywhere, anytime. You'll le

One of the better books I have read on the topic KN Extremely solid advice and perspective on first impressions and connecting with people, old friends and new strangers. One of the better books I have read on the topic, and I have read A LOT of books on this topic.Why? I'm not socially awkward or weird, at least I think I'm not. Connecting with people is just a skill I believe is extremely important in life so I like to keep brushing up on it, just like any other skill, you gotta use it or lose it. Highly recommended if you like Carnegie, Cain, and the rest of the gang.. "Love!" according to Amazon Customer. I really, really liked the principle of connecting by design. Connect Instantly contains many nuggets of gold. It basically states that we are going from place to place just hoping for a spark of connection or chemistry. We want all our friendships to occur "naturally and organically" and while that would be great, that's not how the real world works.The world works because people put in intentional effort and connect by design if they want the social life they imagine. That's the dirty truth we want to avoid because it's tough and it requires effort, and it requires putting yourself out on a limb occasionally.But, and this r. Great and novel thoughts on what makes a memorable first Well written and thorough. Great and novel thoughts on what makes a memorable first impression. Far beyond the typical stuff other books talk about such as simple eye contact and appearing to be confident.Of course, that information is good, but HOW do you make good eye contact and HOW do you appear to be confident? This book answers those questions instead of telling you about the answers.