Talk Like a Winner!: 21 Simple Rules for Achieving Everyday Communication Success

by Steve Nakamoto

Communication is one of life's most basic skills, yet the vast majority of people have never been taught a simple way to master it... until now! In this fun and easy-to-understand book, the reader... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967089352
• ISBN13: 9780967089355
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Java Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

21 Steps to Persuasive Conversations that Communicate

"Talk Like A Winner!" by Steve Nakamoto is unique in that it bridges the gap between the novice and the expert in the area of interpersonal communication skills. Steve puts it this way, "It's for someone who realizes that average skills equate to only average results at best, but greatness is reserved for those who work hard and smart at mastering the critical skills of life." The book is made up of 21 key ingredients or simple rules for communication success with three suggested actions steps for each rule. (Choose, ask and reflect). These actions help the reader implement the material for more clarity, passion, and impact in their communication skills. Readers may choose to read the book though for general content followed by a more concentrated reading of the areas of greatest interest or personal need, or reading it a chapter a week in a more thorough study. The organization of the material is user friendly. The illustrations and cartoons by Joel Kohl add a significant and humorous visual re-enforcement to the contents of each chapter. I also appreciated to thought provoking quotations at the beginning of each chapter. Bottom line: Talk Like A Winner! Is practical, informative, motivating, and entertaining, a great read and step by step guide to "Achieving Everyday Communication Success."

Powerful, positive, practical lessons in Communication!

Steve Nakamoto has created a beautiful little book that offers truly practical communication skills to anyone who wants to communicate more effectively. This book is a step-by-step practical guide written in easy-to-understand language that hits its mark every time. Every communication issue is covered and every effort has been made to offer real "how-to" with regard to any communication scenario. It sticks carefully to the issue of the reader's communication, teaching practical skills that can actually be applied to a real conversation. Communication is one of the most important aspects of any relationship, but it is often seen as rather mysterious in that we often don't know what or how we are communicating. The author does a great job of bringing communication out of mystery by making communication into not so much an art as a skill. If you are getting ready for a talk with anyone about anything--read this book.

21 simple skills to bring out the best in ourselves and others.....

By Sofia Steryo-Bartmus, Author, "Paws of Wisdom-Valuable Lessons We Can Learn From Our Pets" If you want to have success in life you have to become a great communicator, and this book will teach you that. "Talk like a Winner" is full of great ideas that are simple, yet powerful. This book is fun, well organized, easy to read and understand. Each chapter starts with a humurous cartoon that will bring a smile to your face. Steve gives suggestions on how to use the book in a way that will fit your needs and learning style, so that you can get the most benefit from it. Using these powerful ideas in your daily life will help you build strong and healthy relationships with your friends, family, co-workers and business associates. Most people may want to become great "public speakers", but Steve teaches you how to become a great "private speaker". After all, we do most of our speaking all day long with people around us and people we interact with. So, the better we become in our personal communications the more success we can achieve in all areas of our lives. It is not how much you know that matters, it is how well you connect with your audience, whether it is hundreds of people or one person you work with. Creating an emotional connection is what makes the "simple rules" conversation successful, and Steve gives you 21 ways to do that! This is a book you need to read and then re-read as reference, until you can master and apply the 21 steps he teaches. Steve Nakamoto, overcame his fear of public speaking by practicing certain skills (and the more we practice the better we become), because his courage exceeded his fear of humiliation. If we too can master our everyday communications and "start talking like winners", we too can overcome our obstacles and become happier individuals. I recommend this inspiring and motivational self-help book to anyone who is ready to take charge of their life and start designing their own positive future!

Practical and Useful

[...] "Talk Like a Winner: 21 Simple Rules for Achieving Everyday Communication Success" is one of the most straight-forward and practical books on communication that I have read. In it, Steve Nakamoto shares his own personal successes and failures in communication to demonstrate ways to improve our own communication skills. He gives individual communication "rules" and shows, step-by-step, how to apply them in everyday situations to help one become an effective communicator. He also gives exercises in each chapter, to help the reader learn how to apply each rule. I was impressed with the time and effort Steve Nakamoto spent explaining listening and nonverbal communication as well as what to say and not to say in specific situations. This is a well-thought-out and organized book, with very practical tools that each of us would do well to use daily. I was especially pleased to find a section on recognizing when others are not responding and how to regain their attention. Through this book Steve Nakamoto taught me that by putting a little more thought into my habits when I interact with others, and by concentrating more on the other person than on what I want to say next, I can become a much more effective communicator. I recommend this book to anyone that is interested in improving his or her ability to communicate in everyday situations. I have already put many of the ideas into practice and am finding results now. Thank you, Steve, for this excellent book!

Practical, easy to read guide to communicating more effectively

Steve Nakamoto's new book provides a user-friendly guide to improving your communication skills. It is well structured with short, user-friendly chapters that are easy to read and absorb, given the small portions. The format is consistent and practical, with each of the short chapters outlining a specific skill, and then with suggested activities and tips for practice. For example, I particularly liked his "Stretch your communication range" by making it a point to talk to everyone you meet--that is, talking with a variety of people, learning different styles appropriate for different occasions. This might be a particularly useful suggestion for shy folk, and is especially easy to try while traveling or in a new setting. I also liked the author's emphasis on being a more effective listener, again with a lot of practical, common sense suggestions as to how to improve your skills. The epigraphs are enjoyable and further the sense that the author is relaying long-standing principles in a more light-hearted manner. This book would be valuable in a variety of settings, particularly for those who are shy or are beginning in a new business or social setting, but it can serve as a succinct and very readable communications resource for a broad audience. Judy Stone, MD author, "Conducting Clinical Research: A Practical Guide for Physicians, Nurses, Study Coordinators, and Investigators" [...]