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Everyday Conversation Skills
The Conversation Playbook
A practical guide to everyday conversation: openers, follow-up questions, listening, joining and leaving groups, calls and repairing awkward moments. Ten chapters that name the study behind each research claim.
10 chapters · 37 pages · 14 studies cited
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What you get
Why Conversations Stall
Where the quiet expectation of a bad conversation comes from, and what four published studies show about how conversations really go.
Starting Without a Line
Five plain openers tied to the place, the occasion or the task, and what to say in the second sentence.
Questions That Open People Up
The question type linked to being better liked, with examples from the study and three ways to build a follow-up.
Listening So They Notice
What high-quality listening is, what four lab experiments found, and five habits to practise.
From Small Talk to Real Talk
A four-rung ladder from facts to values, signals to watch, and an easy exit for deeper questions.
Joining and Leaving a Group
What 932 conversations show about endings, and a plan for stepping into and out of a circle.
Calls and Video Meetings
What research links to video-meeting fatigue, plus ways to keep calls warm and short.
Quiet Types, Busy People and Acting Outgoing
Two studies on acting outgoing, short doses, planned recovery, and how to talk with quiet or busy people.
When a Conversation Goes Wrong
Repair steps for a lost thread, a clumsy remark or an awkward silence, and when to seek more help.
A Practice Routine
Three if-then plans and a light weekly routine that turn the book into a habit.
What makes this different
Every study is named
Each research claim names the study and says what was read: the abstract, the abstract page or the full paper. A Sources section lists all 14.
Suggestions are labelled
Practical habits and worked examples are marked as suggestions and invented illustrations, never passed off as research.
One small exercise per chapter
Each chapter ends with a short exercise and key points, so you can try one idea at a time.
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Questions before you buy
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The full book as a PDF and as an ePub for Kindle and Apple Books. One purchase, one flat price, no subscription.
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