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  • The Science of Likability

  • 27 Studies to Master Charisma, Attract Friends, Captivate People, and Take Advantage of Human Psychology
  • By: Patrick King
  • Narrated by: Wes Super
  • Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (1,389 ratings)

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The Science of Likability

By: Patrick King
Narrated by: Wes Super
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100% scientific and proven ways to make friends quickly, turn enemies into friends, gain trust, and be flat-out likable.

Some of the most interesting, shocking, and counterintuitive scientific conclusions to simply make people want to be around you.

In The Science of Likability, you'll get all that and more. I've taken 27 seminal scientific and psychological studies and broken them down, so you can use their findings to your advantage. Every piece of advice in this book to increase your social standing and likability factor is 100% backed by in-depth, peer-reviewed research.

Learn how subconsciously to make yourself seem likable, trustworthy, and intelligent.

You can get a new haircut and wardrobe, and you even learn funny jokes. But likability is something more. It's subconscious, and it's the small signs that signal our brains to let their guards down and embrace others. Learn what common sense and intuition doesn't teach you.

Analysis and insight from the best in the business.

From Freud, to Cialdini, to Pavlov, to Schachter, to Goleman, these studies are insightful, analytical, sometimes surprising, but most importantly, effective and actionable. Pair that with the insight and human intelligence factor of best-selling author and social skills coach Patrick King, and you have a guide that can be listened to equally for education, as for helpful, real advice.

Small and subtle actions, big results:

    - Chapter 1. How to Improve People's Moods.
  • Chapter 2. How to Turn Enemies into Friends.
  • Chapter 6. How to Gain Trust and Credibility.
  • Chapter 7. How to Work Well With Others.

Understand what makes people tick.

    - Chapter 8. How to be More Endearing.
  • Chapter 10. How to Lead Anyone.
  • Chapter 11. How to Avoid Being Judged.
  • Chapter 13. How to be Funny and Charismatic.

Being likable unlocks the doors to everything you want in life.

A better career? You better believe that the people with the most promotions and highest salaries aren't just the most qualified. Better love life? Being likable keeps you a potential date to anyone you want. Better relationships and friendships? Not only that, but you open the door to people wanting to be friends with you. Likability is the hidden force that makes people appear to be lucky in life, and receive more opportunities than they know what to do with.

©2017 Patrick King (P)2017 Patrick King
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Good book, horrible narration.

This is a good book filled with great information; however, it is overshadowed by the terrible narrator. The narrator draws out the vowels of the last word in nearly every sentence. This produces the effect of becoming irrated quickly, and ultimately distracted me constantly. Buy the book and skip the audio version.

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Great book so far but...

Great so far but the reader, Wes, ends every sentence like Tom Bodette from motel 6. Why did no one direct him? Oh my gosh!!

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Distracting narrator

The book was decent. I learned some very interesting tactics to help become likable that were seemingly obvious but that i hadn’t even thought of before. I had a couple “aha!” moments which was unexpected. The robotic voice of the narrator, however, was very distracting and gave the book a more business like feel. I didn’t want to think of my being likable as a sort of business transaction. That being said there were some good takeaways.

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love it

How you perceive people is how they will perceive you which was very interesting. Or if you have negative thoughts towards someone those thoughts will become your reality. Really help me put things into perspective.

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Simple & Effective

This audiobook is a good start for those interested in basic human interaction; it gives real life examples of basic human psychology in a very simple and effective way. I, however, would not recommend it for those looking for more advanced knowledge of human psychology.

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get a new narrator

I couldn't focus on the content because the narration was so awful. please never do that to us again.

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informative

I am going to listen to again. very informative. I learned a lot from it.

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Get a new narrator!

I had to struggle through the narrators voice to collect the information from this book. Which, was good information. Very helpful, in fact. But the narrator sounded robotic and honestly annoying.

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Good book! Read often.

Looking forward to incorporating this into my Personal and professional development. I also plan to use this with our leadership team.

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A quick look into how to be liked by everyone!

this book is short sweet and to the point. Packed with great information on the human psychology and why we like who and what we like.

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