Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of The Power of Habit, a fascinating exploration of what makes conversations workand how we can all learn to be supercommunicators at work and in life

A winning combination of stories, studies, and guidance that might well transform the worst communicators you know into some of the best.Adam Grant, author of Think Again and Hidden Potential

Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus.Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign agent. And sit with an accomplished surgeon as he tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhiggblends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can alllearn to identify and leverage the hidden layers that lurk beneath every conversation.

Communication is a superpower and the best communicators understand that whenever we speak, were actually participating in one of three conversations: practical (Whats this really about), emotional (How do we feel), and social (Who are we). If you dont know what kind of conversation youre having, youre unlikely to connect.

Supercommunicators know the importance of recognizingand then matchingeach kind of conversation, and how to hear the complex emotions, subtle negotiations, and deeply held beliefs that color so much of what we say and how we listen. Our experiences, our values, our emotional livesand how we see ourselves, and othersshape every discussion, from who will pick up the kids to how we want to be treated at work.In this book, you will learnwhy some people are able to make themselves heard, and to hear others, so clearly.

With his storytelling that takes us from the writers room of The Big Bang Theory to the couches of leading marriage counselors, Duhigg shows readers how to recognize these three conversationsand teaches us the tips and skills we need to navigate them more successfully.

In the end, he delivers a simple but powerful lesson: With the right tools, we can connect with anyone.

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This is not just a riveting read about how to understand others better. Its also a revealing look at how to be understood. Charles Duhigg delivers a winning combination of stories, studies, and guidance that might well transform the worst communicators you know into some of the best.Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential, and host of the podcast Re:Thinking

Our personal and professional success depend upon our ability to understand and be understood, and yet we typically leave this up to intuition. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg goes through a mountain of researchand some riveting storiesand unearths practical tactics to show that anyone can become a more effective listener, speaker, and even social media poster.David Epstein, bestselling author of Range and The Sports Gene

This book stayed with me. I found myself thinking about how many questions I ask and how often I laugh in conversation. Given how much talking we all do, its amazing how little we understand. A much-needed guide to connecting in disconnected times.Amanda Ripley, author of High Conflict

Charles Duhigg does it again, with a book we all need to read. Using his unique mix of stories and science, he gives us Supercommunicators, a guide to better conversation and deeper human connection. If you want to improve your communication skills at work and in life, this book is the place the start.Arthur C. Brooks, professor, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, and #1 New York Times bestselling author

Author Bio

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prizewinning investigative journalist and the author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College, he is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, and George Polk awards. He writes for The New Yorker and other publications, was previously a senior editor at The New York Times, and occasionally hosts the podcast How To!