Make instant meaningful connections. For interviewing, selling, managing, pitching an idea, applying to college, or looking for a soulmate, the secret of success is based on connecting with other people. Nicholas Boothman’s program of establishing face-to-face communication is revealed in this bestseller that proves the skeptics wrong. Step by step, it shows how to make the very best of an relationship’s most critical moment—those first 90 seconds.

Learn the skills of instant rapport:
The art of synchronizing
Open vs. closed body language
The power of a Really Useful Attitude
Active listening
The three sensory preferences and how to read them

Part One: First Contact
1. People Power
2. First Impressions

Part Two: The 90-Second Land of Rapport
3. “There’s Something About This Person I Really Like!”
4. Attitude Is Everything
5. Actions Do Speak Louder Than Words
6. People Like People Like Themselves

Part Three: The Secrets of Communication
7. It’s Not All Talk—It’s Listening, Too
8. Making Sense of Our Senses
9. Spotting Sensory Preferences
10. Putting It All Together

Yes, it really works: Nicholas Boothman's breakthrough program of "rapport by design" really does show you how to make people like you in 90 seconds or less. Now it's available in paperback, with a newly created workbook section based on the author's hundreds of workshops.

Whether selling, managing, applying to college, looking for a job—or looking for a soulmate—the secret of success is connecting with other people. Nicholas Boothman shows exactly how to make the best out of any relationship's most critical moment—those first 90 seconds that make up a first impression. Armed with his program, readers learn how to establish immediate trust by synchronizing voice tone and body language; the power of a Really Useful Attitude; and how to get people talking and keep them talking. He discusses eye cues, the magic of opposites attracting, and sensory preferences—some of us are Visual people, others are Kinesthetic (responding most to the sense of touch), and a few are Auditory. So when you say "I see what you mean" to a Visual, you’re really speaking his or her language.

“Dale Carnegie for a rushed era.” –John Tierney, The New York Times

“Nick Boothman is truly inspirational.” –Matthew Bishop, The Economist

“Nick Boothman’s brilliant stroke is to guarantee that within the first 90 seconds of meeting someone you’ll be communicating like old, trusted friends.” –Marty Edelston, Publisher, Bottom Line/Personal

Nicholas Boothman, author of How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less, learned how to establish instant rapport with strangers while he was working as a fashion and advertising photographer. A licensed Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, he is a consultant to individuals, groups, and corporations that want to learn the communication skills needed to connect with others. He lives in Toronto, Canada, with Wendy, his wife of 35 years.

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Distributor: Barnes and Noble
Publication Date: 07-02-2008
Pages: 203
Measurements: 6.98in X 4.98in X .63in X .08lb