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How to Talk to ANYONE
By Leil LOWNDES
Let’s start with your smile ☺
The Flooding Smile
• Don’t flash an immediate smile when you greet
someone.
• Instead, look at other person’s face for a second.
• Then let a big, warm, responsive smile flood over your
face and overflow into your eyes.
• The split-second delay convinces people that your
flooding smile is genuine and only for them.
Big-Baby Pivot
• Throw that warm smile coupled with 100% body turn.
• Pivoting 100% toward the new person shouts “I think
you are very, very special.”
Sticky Eyes
• Maintain eye contact even he/she is finished speaking.
Then look away ever so slowly if you have to. This
makes you appear intelligent and insightful.
Standard opening questions
• Where are you from?
• Who do you know?
• Compliment them.
Always give them hooks to continue
the conversation.
Mood settings
• Put people at ease
• Match moods
• Identify language style & preferences
• Learn about person’s hot buttons
• Don’t interrupt & Listen more than you talk
Never the Naked
• Never the Naked City/job/introduction
• No simple answer
• Be a wealth of information
Watch the Scene Before You Make the
Scene
• SEE
• HEAR
• FEEL
• VISUALIZE
Kill the Quick “Me, Too!”
• Do not volunteer your similarities with other person.
• Let them discover themselves during the conversation.
Say it as long as it’s not
• Complaining
• Rude
• Unpleasant
Comm-YOU-nication
• Big winners know there’s a three-letter word more
important then SEX to get people’s attention. That word
is “YOU.”
The Exclusive Smile
• Grace each person with a distinct smile when meeting
groups of people.
• You make them feel like you don’t just smile at anybody.
Instant History
• Find a few words that reprieve the laugh, the warm
smile, the good feelings the two of you felt.
Tracking
• Track the tiniest details of your conversation partners’
lives.
Employ Empathizers
• Dust your dialogue with phrases like “I see what you
mean.” Sprinkle it with sentimental sparklers like “That’s
a lovely thing to say.”
“I Hear Your Other Line”
• When you hear a phone in the background,stop
speaking.
Little Strokes
• Let them know how much you appreciate them by
caressing them with verbal Little Strokes like “Nice job!”
“Well done!” “Cool!”
Never the Naked Thank you
• Always say “thank you for…” never just “thank you.”
Thank you for listening!

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Presentation - how to talk to anyone

  • 1. How to Talk to ANYONE By Leil LOWNDES
  • 2. Let’s start with your smile ☺
  • 3. The Flooding Smile • Don’t flash an immediate smile when you greet someone. • Instead, look at other person’s face for a second. • Then let a big, warm, responsive smile flood over your face and overflow into your eyes. • The split-second delay convinces people that your flooding smile is genuine and only for them.
  • 4. Big-Baby Pivot • Throw that warm smile coupled with 100% body turn. • Pivoting 100% toward the new person shouts “I think you are very, very special.”
  • 5. Sticky Eyes • Maintain eye contact even he/she is finished speaking. Then look away ever so slowly if you have to. This makes you appear intelligent and insightful.
  • 6. Standard opening questions • Where are you from? • Who do you know? • Compliment them.
  • 7. Always give them hooks to continue the conversation.
  • 8. Mood settings • Put people at ease • Match moods • Identify language style & preferences • Learn about person’s hot buttons • Don’t interrupt & Listen more than you talk
  • 9. Never the Naked • Never the Naked City/job/introduction • No simple answer • Be a wealth of information
  • 10. Watch the Scene Before You Make the Scene • SEE • HEAR • FEEL • VISUALIZE
  • 11. Kill the Quick “Me, Too!” • Do not volunteer your similarities with other person. • Let them discover themselves during the conversation.
  • 12. Say it as long as it’s not • Complaining • Rude • Unpleasant
  • 13. Comm-YOU-nication • Big winners know there’s a three-letter word more important then SEX to get people’s attention. That word is “YOU.”
  • 14. The Exclusive Smile • Grace each person with a distinct smile when meeting groups of people. • You make them feel like you don’t just smile at anybody.
  • 15. Instant History • Find a few words that reprieve the laugh, the warm smile, the good feelings the two of you felt.
  • 16. Tracking • Track the tiniest details of your conversation partners’ lives.
  • 17. Employ Empathizers • Dust your dialogue with phrases like “I see what you mean.” Sprinkle it with sentimental sparklers like “That’s a lovely thing to say.”
  • 18. “I Hear Your Other Line” • When you hear a phone in the background,stop speaking.
  • 19. Little Strokes • Let them know how much you appreciate them by caressing them with verbal Little Strokes like “Nice job!” “Well done!” “Cool!”
  • 20. Never the Naked Thank you • Always say “thank you for…” never just “thank you.”
  • 21. Thank you for listening!