Flirting For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9780470742594 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 280 str.

Elizabeth Clark

Opis

Many people are mortified by their flirting skills and get flustered when dealing with people they're attracted to. This easy-to-follow manual to mastering the art of flirting offers indispensable advice on working the dating scene and reinvigorating your love life. Exploring key areas including listening and communication skills, body language and self-image, Flirting For Dummies provides readers with all the tools they need to boost their self-confidence and engage with people in a natural and charming way. Flirting For Dummies

• Features black and white photographs to provide examples of flirting in action
• Gives advice on getting to grips with flirting basics and how to get noticed
• Covers how to develop a killer rapport with body language
• Provides advice on taking the next step
• Gives 'Top Ten' tips such as opening lines and flirting faux pas

About the author Elizabeth Clark is a renowned flirting and charisma expert. She has featured on ITV's Des & Mel, BBC Breakfast, and in a host of radio shows and press articles. Elizabeth is the founder of Rapport Unlimited- a company specialising in presentation skills training and keynote speaking.

Recenzje

"...this book does what it says on the tin...helpful...handy hints...Flirting is fun. It makes you feel good." (Sunday Times Style Magazine, May 24th 2009)

"Clark succeeds...largely because the book was written in response to real issues faced by professionals." (City AM, July 21st 2009)

‘This guide breaks things down to the fundamentals to offer step–by–step advice on wooing the opposite sex.’ (Zest, May 2011).

Spis treści

Introduction

Getting to Grips with Flirting Basics

1 Dishing the Flirt

2 Identifying Your Flirting Style

3 Grasping the Gender Gap

4 Flirting with Dates, Friends, and Colleagues

Get Noticed! Making Contact

5 Boosting Self Confidence

6 Spotting Who′s Available

7 Making an Entrance

8 Making Conversation with Absolutely Anybody

9 Being Interesting and Interested

Developing Killer Rapport with Body Language

10 Giving Off the Right Signals

11 Letting Your Body Do the Talking

12 Reading Secret Flirting Signals

Taking the Next Step

13 Making the Next Move

14 Taking Things Further

15 Reducing the Risk of Rejection

The Part of Tens

16 Ten Top Opening Lines

17 Ten Flirting Faux Pas

18 Ten Ways to Ditch a Cling–On

19 Ten Tips for Safe Flirting

O autorze

Elizabeth Clark is a renowned flirting and charisma expert, known as the ′Flirt Guru′. Her work has featured in a number of publications, including The Guardian, The Sunday Telegraph and The Sun. Elizabeth is the Managing Director of Rapport Unlimited, which offers courses in presentation skills, networking, self–confidence and charisma to companies such as KPMG and Barclays.

Blurb

Learn to:

• Improve your self–confidence and get noticed
• Find out if someone is interested in you
• Develop rapport and make sparkling conversation
• Understand body language and give out the right signals

Turn heads, make a great impression and interact with confidence

If your attempts at flirting degenerate into awkward moments or cringeworthy chat–up lines, this book is for you! Covering everything from boosting your self–confidence to reading body language signals, this lively guide will help you get the most out of your flirting encounters. Whether you′re a practised singleton or are new to the dating scene, you can learn to dazzle in social situations and beguile the object(s) of your affections.

• Swot up on the basics — find out what flirting′s all about and discover your own flirting style
• Get noticed and make contact — be at your best and make great small talk with absolutely anyone
• Use body language to make an impact — discover how to give off the right signals and read other people′s behaviour
• Change gear — find out how to make the next move and take things further

Open the book and find:

• Ways to spot who′s available
• The best places to meet fellow singletons
• Tips on making a great entrance
• How to use your hands, face and body to communicate
• Effortless opening lines and conversation starters
• Ways to reduce the risk of rejection
• When and how to take the next step
• The essentials of safe dating
• Over 30 photos showing body language in action