Book Byte #75 "Human Hacking" by Christopher Hadnagy and Seth Schulman
Win Friends, Influence People, and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You
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📣 Curious Quote from the Author
“We can learn to protect ourselves against malicious hackers and scam artists, allowing ourselves to feel calmer and more confident in any situation. Critically, we can learn to become far more self-aware about how we’re communicating.”
“Protect yourself against would-be manipulators by understanding and recognizing their tricks.”
📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea:
Before you can hack other people, you must first master your own communication style. Keep others' emotional needs in mind to swiftly establish rapport and increase the likelihood that they will agree to your requests. Using subtle tactics of influence and paying attention to nonverbal signs will also help you set up each conversation for success. Make sure you employ human hacking with empathy and compassion in order to achieve your goals while also making people happy.
Asking reflective questions might help you improve your listening skills.
To strengthen your listening abilities, ask reflective questions by repeating the last three or four words that someone says. For example, if a friend says, "Peru is the coolest country I've ever visited," your introspective query might be, "Really?"
To strengthen your listening abilities, ask reflective inquiries by repeating the last three or four things someone says and framing them as a question. For example, if a friend says, "Peru is the coolest country I've ever visited," you might ask yourself, "Really?" Is Peru the coolest country you've ever visited? Not only will this keep your friend talking about the topic, but challenging yourself to ask reflective questions can help you develop the habit of carefully listening in conversation.
🛠️Fixing the Tech Industry
Communication is usually not a thing we do well as Tech Industrialites. It probably stem from our Introverted Natures, but we have trouble expressing our real feelings and intentions sometimes.
Any help to get us to understand social interaction would be greatly appreciated.
🤝Collaborate with others with this Social Media Prompt:
What do you find the most difficult part of communicating sufficiently with your boss?