How to feed friends and Influence People
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My father is 94 years old, in a nursing home in Honolulu Hawaii, and wanted cheese blintz's from the Carnegie Deli.  A daunting task since they do not deliver to Hawaii.  This book was an answer to my need to provide a taste of a memory for my father.  The book is written tongue and check, a must to get the flavor of the Carnegie in NYC.  My blintz turned out exactly as those served at the deli.  Dry ice..over night delivery..$100 cost and my father's ultimate delight.  The chef at the nursing home requested the recipe too.  I have purchased the book to give to friends.  It is an easy read and delights not only taste buds but the humor that we all need today in these stress filled times.
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I really enjoyed this book. The author basically tells you to honestly be interested in the other person, to listen and treat them as if they are important to you. No where in the book does he say to use manipulation or dishonesty. There is nothing dishonest about caring about the people you do business with, making them know they are important to you nor in sending birthday cards. Wouldn't life be much better for us all if we did take the small extra effort to actually care about others and treat them as though they matter?

One thing I liked alot was that he didn't name drop as another author on the subject does in "Never Eat Alone".

In my sales as well as in life, I will use what I learned and should have been doing all along.
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Jayson has written a fantastic playbook for people looking to grow lifelong relationships.  The book is a a guide for helping you connect with influencers over dinner, but really is a book for connecting and growing relationships in life.  Helping others is the key to succeeding and Jayson captures this like the pro that he is.
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While out to dinner recently, a group of friends and I fell into a conversation about our most memorable meal. We ended up talking more about the social experience of the meals than the food.  I was touched by how, through our sharing stories connected to these memorable meals, I got to know these friends more deeply.

Soon afterwards, I read Dr. Fishel's book, and immediately gifted several copies to my friends.  While most of this group has kids, not all of us do. I especially liked how Dr. Fishel defined "family dinners":  "I think of family [dinners] as any group that feels like home:  a neighborhood that gathers around a backyard clay oven to make pizzas, a gathering of friends at college, young adults living with friends who are part of their chosen family, or a community dinner at a school, church hall, or diner."

Dr. Fishel makes the case for the far-reaching benefits of regular family dinners.  The book, however, is as much about getting in a good frame of mind for anyone who wants to try regular family dinners.  It takes a warm, low pressure, highly encouraging, even nurturing approach.  As opposed to a home-entertaining-made-easy book, this one puts the people at the table ahead of the food.  There are great suggestions for how to open and deepen table conversation, and promote story-telling, including with small kids and even adolescents.

Dr. Fishel sets a cozy scene of relaxing and connecting with family around the dinner table, and makes this an attainable goal for busy people, not a luxury reserved for those with lots of leisure time.  The book is chock full of tips for how to create communal dinners in your own home.  Food, is, of course, more than accounted for, and easy, fun recipes are sprinkled throughout the book.

If you're considering buying this book, you're probably already primed to benefit from it, since attitude is so important to Dr. Fishel's "Family Dinner Project."  It only takes one person in a family to read this book for all to benefit.
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People love to talk. Now, thanks to the Internet, they also like to post reviews about the products and services they have experienced. This combination of people talking and a new democratic medium has helped create a variation of marketing based on word-of-mouth. Of course, any good business owner recognizes that word-of-mouth, or customer referrals in the old lingo, is a time-tested form of marketing. But the new twist is that, thanks to increased ad costs, more intense competition and smaller budgets, marketers are stretching to develop new tactics. Enter author Andy Sernovitz and the word-of-mouth concept. The author contends that this is a novel idea, but is it really new? Probably not. Most of the ideas are self-evident and Sernovitz tends to repeat them. While we love a new thing, readers instead might see this as an updated look at a known phenomenon: the power of neighbors who talk to each other.
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I am sharing this with a friend and it is great advice. We read it together and use it for building our relationship.
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This book lays out a very good guide to being proactive in social situations.  This builds upon foundational and expected skills such as those in "How to win friend s and influence people".  Beyond the skills of listening and being genuinely interested in others, it is necessary to start conversations, tell stories or initiate social situations.  I recommend this book to those that do practice social skills, but would like to create deeper and more meaningful connections with their friends and family.
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Thank you so much for the tools on influence and impact on BODs. Your resource is one Ill recommend for all of my Executive Branding clients as concrete ways of expanding influence with impact. Theyre great easy-to-implement steps in building an Execs brand and really anyones for that matter. Thank you for sharing it with me Jill!
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An informative read on how to expand your circle that's honest and fun! In this book there are so many approaches to expanding your friendwork that anyone at any stage in their life can easily implement. In the style that it is written, it feels less like a book and more like a conversation with a friend. Great read!
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As I began to read this book, I was again reminded of an observation by Dale Carnegie: You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

James Farrell and Mitchell Warner realize that, from time to time, people need to ask themselves questions such as these: What can I do to be more helpful to others? To help those at work as well as family members, friends, and neighbors? With all due respect to the importance of answering these questions, what is even more important is what you then do when interacting with others. This is what Maya Angelou has had in mind when observing, Ive learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

In this book, Farrell and Warner introduce a way of seeing others, a way of interacting with others, to which Angelou refers. They it an outward mindset. More specifically, This book is about the difference between a self-focused inward mindset and an others-inclusive outward mindset. It will help you become more outward in your work, your leadership, and your life. It will guide you in building more innovative and collaborative teams and teams. And it will help you see why you like many of the people you do and what you can do to become more like them.

A year or two ago, Susan Cain published a bestselling book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Cant Stop Talking, in which she explained why people who are introverted really do have an outward mindset and reveal it if and when in what they consider to be an appropriate situation. They tend have a more highly-developed emotional intelligence. They nourish relationships in which there is mutual respect and trust. They are intense listeners. The most effective business leaders all have an outward mindset, demonstrating what Robert Greenleaf characterizes as servant leadership.

In the interest of fairness, it should be noted that extroverts can also develop an outward mindset and still have all of the defining characteristics that Cain celebrates. If you have ever had an encounter with Herb Kelleher, you know exactly what I mean. The former chairman and CEO of Southwest Airlines can bound into a room filled with hundreds of strangers and make each of those he meets feel like they are the most interesting person he has ever met.

Developing the outward mindset requires major changes in how you view the world and, especially, what you value. Probably during a process that began in childhood, most people develop an inward mindset. Changing that mindset is very difficult and often painful. By what process? Farrell and Warner recommend a pattern of transformation, SAM, an acronym for these initiatives:

o See, [begin italics] really see [end italics], the needs, objectives, and challenges of others
o Adjust efforts to be more helpful to others
o Measure and hold yourself accountable for the impact of your efforts

In this book, James Farrell and Mitchell Warner shares wealth of information, insights, and counsel that they and the Abridger Institute have accumulated over several decades. They reach out to others who read this book, helping them to change lives and transform organizations.
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I Give the Fat Man Scoop high grades for good advice.  How to get HOT fries every time. How to eat vegetarian - Grilled Cheese on a Grilled bun. There is also a lot of other great food ideas for reduced prices.
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Carmen Simon offers the reader a lot of advice and techniques based on neuroscience to get your content to influence people to act.  Her work is backed up by a lot of studies and the book is full of valuable insights.  For example, she explains how memory, although about the past, has the purpose of preparing one for future action. This contains the core of her message as well: if you want to influence someone with your message, you have to present in such a way so that the memory is triggered and action is taken in the future.  The bulk of the book is about how to go about this: for example, making your message memorable by making it emotional, tying it to rewards, or linking it to habits which the listener will apply anyway in the future.  The book concludes with tables summarizing all he various techniques. If you want to add to your arsenal of influential methodologies, read this book.
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You cant go wrong with food topics or educational pursuits which will increase your social status, give you higher self-esteem, and enable you to possibly advance in your career.  Whether it be wine, recipes, how to or public speaking, it may give you a pointer that will help you in some position to enhance your life.  Self help and/or books with situations and outcomes are great for motivational self training. Being able to give pointers in social situations  dinners  hey, did you see that recipe for *** is a great conversation starter and can get more people to join in the discussion.  Good idea, in my opinion.
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After reading the book, I can honestly reccomend it to lots of people, both business oriented people as well as people in other areas of life.  Namely, this book is more about how to communicate successfully to other people while making yourself essential.
Possibly, many people are acquainted to one of the first well-known book in this area: 'How to win friends and influence people' by Dale Carnigie.  The sub-title of Tim Sander's book is very similar: 'How to win businesses and influence friends'.  This counterpart tells all there is:  We can look at Tim Sander's book as a modern version of the famous Dale Carnigie's book.  This fact, however, is not a drawback it is an advantage.
'Love is the killer app' is not a research based book, it is based on Tim Sander's personal findings.  It is a rather short reading but is very enjoyable to read.  In my opinion, it should appeal to a lot of people that want to strengthen theirs' communication skills.  However, the book is almost a must read for many US business oriented people because it reveals how important it is to stop thinking about competing with everyone around you; instead you should give other people love because what you give is what you get.
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How to Win Friends and Influence People   is a wonderful book.  It has the charm of an old-fashioned expos complete with introductions, examples that illustrate the ideas and boxed-in conclusions. The teacher in me loves it.

The book is about developing skills to become an effective communicator.  Dale Carnegie obviously has a very deep understanding of human psychology and although the tips sound simple, they are essential. Two recommendations stood out for me.  One says that in order to be effective dealing with people, it is important  to get interested in others and listen to them from their point of view . The other says  it is more effective to praise others for what they do well than to criticize them for what they do poorly  or in other words making people wrong and working on them does not work .

These two ideas are central to the book Working on Yourself doesn't Work by Ariel and Shya Kane.  In this book the authors also show that there is nothing to gain in judging and berating others and ourselves. They suggest that as we develop awareness of how we automatically judge and criticize, an opportunity opens up to  transform  and access personal power and enlightenment.  I highly recommend it to anyone looking to increase personal effectiveness and discover enlightenment.
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It is good for a general guide as to how to work with these people. They are great amazing people, and this is a good stepping stone to learning and opening the door to self improvement. I think the biggest thing a person can do to be a better friend to INFJ, is to learn to be a better person. Skills like listening and empathy are a great step. This book help makes you aware of the skills that one needs to help support INFJ.
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"We as marketers and community managers need to go beyond the internal needs of our companies and fulfill the needs of the individual consumer." Merlin U Ward

Brands, lets talk. We get that youve discovered social networks and want to use them as a marketing channel. We get that you're learning how community can benefit you. What we wish you would get, is that if you want us to help you out, it starts with what you give to us. In his book You Get What You Give, Merlin gets this.

Youre talking to people. Real people. Do you know who they are? Do you know who has looked? Who has spoken? Who has shared? Who is buying? Notice those questions include who, not just how many. As Merlin points out, Social media is a relationship game, not a numbers game.

Merlin is spot on in this book with relevant case studies to back up his strategies along the way. If you're not sure how to treat your community members as real people or want ideas how how to take your strategy further with personalized engagement, read You Get What You Give.