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Captivate

The Science of Succeeding with People

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Captivate

By: Vanessa Van Edwards
Narrated by: Vanessa Van Edwards
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Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People, written and read by Vanessa Van Edwards.

Do you wish you could decode people? Do you want a formula for charisma? Do you want to know exactly what to say to your boss, your date or your networking partner? You need to know how people work.

As a human behaviour investigator, Vanessa Van Edwards studies the hidden forces that drive our behaviour patterns in her lab - and she's cracked the code. In Captivate she shares a wealth of shortcuts, systems and behaviour hacks derived from her research, to help you take charge of interactions at work and at home. You'll learn how to execute a social game plan to navigate any social situation; how to speed-read faces for seven universal 'microexpressions' that can be used to predict people's emotions; and much more besides. When you understand the laws of human behaviour, you can get along with anyone. With Vanessa's help you will never interact in the same way again.

Includes a bonus PDF of quizzes, graphs and illustrations.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2017 Vanessa Van Edwards (P)2017 Penguin Audio
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I don't usually write reviews but this audiobook was too good for me not to. I've really enjoyed listening to Vanessa's friendly and welcoming tone.

The guidance she provides is so easy to grasp and very practical. I've already started implementing these into my daily life and noticed the difference.

I highly recommend this book for anyone that could benefit from a direction on how to master social situations!

Life Changing

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This book will definitely help you to reach your goals
I love it. Congrats Vanessa.

Awesome

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Perfect pace, loads of actionable advice, humorous and tonnes of knowledge. A must read for personal growth. The extra digital resources are great aids for learning also. Can't wait to put this knowledge into use!

Amazing, actionable and engaging book

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Really enjoyed listening to this book, its full of soo many great tips and examples. I will definitely be checking out her YouTube channel for more content.

Great Book- Didn’t want it to finish

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So many good insights, and great to have the website to get more!!Thanks Vanessa

packed with tips and advice

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