Self-Development
Art of Conversation: Twelve Golden Rules
Josephine Turck Baker · narrated by LibriVox volunteers
1h 6m$1.99
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Twelve rules, one delightful hour, and better company forever after. Josephine Turck Baker distills the lost art of good talk: listening well, avoiding monologue, disagreeing with grace, and drawing out the quiet person at the table. You will discover how much of charm is simple, learnable consideration, taught with brisk period elegance. A short course from a more conversational age. Play the sample and never dread small talk again.
Inside this audiobook
12 chapters
- 1Golden Rule Number 1: Avoid unnecessary details.5m
- 2Golden Rule Number 2: Do not ask question number two until number one has been answered.4m
- 3Golden Rule Number 3: Do not interrupt another while he is speaking.7m
- 4Golden Rule Number 4: Do not contradict another, especially when the subject under discussion is of trivial importance.4m
- 5Golden Rule Number 5: Do not do all the talking; give your tired listener a chance.6m
- 6Golden Rule Number 6: Be not continually the hero of your own story; and, on the other hand, do not leave your story without a hero.5m
- 7Golden Rule Number 7: Choose subjects of mutual interest.5m
- 8Golden Rule Number 8: Be a good listener.7m
- 9Golden Rule Number 9: Make your speech in harmony with your surroundings.5m
- 10Golden Rule Number 10: Do not exaggerate.5m
- 11Golden Rule Number 11: Indulge occasionally in a relevant quotation, but do not garble it.4m
- 12Golden Rule Number 12: Cultivate tact.7m
