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Book Description

Bring nuance, depth, and meaning to every conversation you have

The Art of Communication is for anyone who senses that they could be communicating on a deeper level. Perhaps you are a confident communicator but suspect there may be more to the art of conversation that you have not yet been able to access. Or perhaps you feel that your conversations lack depth and meaning and that you’d like to enrich your relationships with others, if only you knew how. This book will address your concerns and show you how to engage wholeheartedly with others.

There’s more to conversation than just clear, rational thinking. Left-brain rationality is important, of course, but neuroscience increasingly shows that the right-brain skills of creativity, intuition and spontaneity are essential in good communication. In this guide, you’ll discover ways of tapping into the full conversational potential that lies dormant within you, adding a level of nuance and watching the result as your relationships blossom. You may even find that untapped value in the form of new insights, ideas and creative thoughts, emerges from your daily conversations.

  • Access the more nuanced arts of conversation to create strong connections and tangible results
  • Build cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural connections to communicate effectively with people from different backgrounds
  • Activate your whole mind — not just your intellect — to bring creativity and depth to communication
  • Learn to be open-hearted, spontaneous, vulnerable, intuitive, and captivating in every conversation you hold

From communication guru and bestselling author Judy Apps, The Art of Communication will show you how to breathe life into your relationships and produce powerful new thinking enabling you to transform the world you live in.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Part One: Introduction: Amazing Conversations
    1. Prologue: Just Another Conversation
    2. What Is the Art of Communication?
    3. The Risks of Spontaneity
      1. POPULARITY OF THE UNPREDICTABLE
      2. STAKES TOO HIGH
    4. Secret of Whole‐Mind Conversation
  3. Part Two: Opting for Control
    1. Control Rules
      1. WHAT IS CONTROL?
      2. CONVENTIONAL CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS
      3. CALCULATION
    2. Control Agendas
      1. 1. LOOKING GOOD
      2. 2. COMPETING TO WIN
      3. 3. PLEASING AND APPEASING
      4. 4. PRESUPPOSITION AGENDAS
    3. The Root Cause of Agendas is Fear
      1. SELF‐CONSCIOUSNESS
      2. TRYING TOO HARD
      3. INNER CONFLICT
      4. STRESS AND PHYSICAL TENSION
  4. Part Three: The Alternative World of Real Communication
    1. The Je Ne Sais Quoi of Communication
    2. 1 USE BOTH HEMISPHERES OF THE BRAIN
      1. Different Ways of Viewing Life
      2. Why Two Hemispheres?
      3. Whole Mind Thinking
    3. 2 BE AN AWAKENER
      1. Awaken Your Life Energy
      2. Breathe for Energy and Flow
      3. Let Go
    4. 3 BE SPONTANEOUS IN THE MOMENT
      1. Be in the Now
      2. Detach from Past and Future
      3. Pay Exquisite Attention
      4. How to Be in the Now
      5. Deep Listening
    5. 4 BE WHOLEHEARTED
      1. The Real 100%
      2. Be Happy to Not‐Know
      3. Opening to Flow
      4. Trust the Heart – Allow Vulnerability
    6. 5 CALL FORTH CREATIVITY AND INTUITION
      1. Imagination and Creativity
      2. Creative Conversation
      3. Intuition: Your Other‐than‐Conscious Mind
    7. 6 ENJOY COMMUNION AND THE EMERGENCE OF SOMETHING NEW
      1. Connect – to Self and Others
      2. True Empathy
      3. Being in the Space
      4. Communication is More than Words
      5. It's All Love
      6. Creating Change
      7. Last Words on the Planet
  5. PEOPLE INDEX
  6. INDEX
  7. End User License Agreement
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