BOOK REVIEW | Think Faster, Talk Smarter

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By Matt Abrahams


Stanford lecturer and host of the #1 business podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart, Matt Abrahams, reveals the secrets to finding the right words when it counts.

Communication is crucial to success in life and business. However, it is not just big speeches that matter: it is also those critical, spur-of-the-moment situations for which we cannot prepare.

Dealing with unexpected questions

A prospective client asking unexpected questions during a sales pitch, a teacher singling you out for an answer during a class, a high-pressure meeting with senior executives at work, or even a heart warming toast to deliver on the spot. All are fraught scenarios that might cause you to freeze up.

The pandemic has only boosted this fear, by stripping the spontaneity from communication during lockdown, and then changing the communication landscape.

Filled with practical, tactical advice, this book is indispensable.

– Kim Scott, bestselling author of Radical Candor

In this invaluable guide, Matt Abrahams – Stanford University lecturer and creator of the hit podcast, Think Fast, Talk Smart – provides a six-point methodology that will enable you to cut through the anxiety arising from these stressful, impromptu circumstances to create and deliver crisp, compelling and calm communication.

Exceptional

– Tony Faddell, inventor of the iPod, co-creator of the iPhone, and internationally bestselling author of Build

Think Faster, Talk Smarter is an energetic, engaging resource for anyone who wants to speak out, spread their ideas, and ultimately share their story.

Remarkably helpful and specific. I certainly plan to follow Abrahams’ recommendations

– Robert Cialdini, internationally bestselling author of Pre-Suasion

About the author

Matt Abrahams is the Larsen Lam Family Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, and a much sought-after keynote speaker and communication consultant for Fortune 100 companies.

His popular podcast, Think Fast, Talk Smart, is number one in the Apple ranks for career/business podcasts in India, Israel, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore, and in the top five in the US and the UK, with 1.1 million average downloads/listens per month. His TEDx talks have racked up just under 5 million views. Think Faster, Talk Smarter is his first book.


  • Publisher Pan Macmillan South Africa |
  • ISBN | 9781035024964 |
  • Recommended Retail Price | R550.00 |
  • CLASSIFICATION | Speech Management |



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