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Learn morePenguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People written and read by Vanessa Van Edwards.
Wish you knew exactly what to say in awkward social situations? Or that you had a formula for charisma?
You need to know how people work.
As a human behaviour investigator, Vanessa Van Edwards studies the hidden forces that drive our behaviour patterns - and she's cracked the code.
In Captivate she shares a wealth of shortcuts, systems and behaviour hacks to help you take charge of your interactions. You'll learn a game plan for navigating any social situation, unique ways to break away from the same old small talk, how to speed-read faces 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.
Vanessa Van Edwards is a researcher, speaker and bestselling author, and one of the world's leading experts on people skills and interpersonal intelligence. She is the leading people skills instructor for online learning platforms Udemy and Creative Live, and she has led trainings for numerous Fortune 500 companies globally. Her behaviour research lab, 'The Science of People', has been featured in Fast Company, Men's Health, Forbes, and on USA Today and the Today Show. Her 2017 Ted talk has amassed over two million views, while her YouTube channel has had over 35 million views and is home to almost 600,000 subscribers. She has 38,000 Twitter, 57,000 Instagram and 66,000 Facebook followers. Her email list totals to over 215,000 active subscribers and her website, scienceofpeople.com, receives an average of one million unique visitors per month.
Vanessa Van Edwards is a researcher, speaker and bestselling author, and one of the world's leading experts on people skills and interpersonal intelligence. She is the leading people skills instructor for online learning platforms Udemy and Creative Live, and she has led trainings for numerous Fortune 500 companies globally. Her behaviour research lab, 'The Science of People', has been featured in Fast Company, Men's Health, Forbes, and on USA Today and the Today Show. Her 2017 Ted talk has amassed over two million views, while her YouTube channel has had over 35 million views and is home to almost 600,000 subscribers. She has 38,000 Twitter, 57,000 Instagram and 66,000 Facebook followers. Her email list totals to over 215,000 active subscribers and her website, scienceofpeople.com, receives an average of one million unique visitors per month.