Patrick King has 51 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 9 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 128 ratings. The most-rated is The Science of Social Intelligence:.
Everyday Charisma
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Do you want to exude a presence that captivates people? Be memorable and make better impressions? Do you want to make people stand up and notice when you enter a room? What about becoming that person who simply draws others like a magnet? Here's the thing about charisma - it's dissectible, learnable, and everyone has their own definition of it. Everyday Charisma isn't about copying something or someone that isn't you and will never be. Fake it 'til you make it simply isn't helpful advice. True everyday charisma is finding your own charismatic self to integrate into your daily life. It's far more than a simple set of instructions; it's all about a life and mindset overhaul. Everyday charisma, huge results. Charisma is how others perceive you, and you will gain actionable, and most importantly, practical and realistic guidelines to influence that. You get the "how to" along with the "why" with a multitude of illustrative examples. Benefit from the experience of a professional charisma and social skills coach.
©2015 Pei Kuo (P)2015 Pei Kuo
Super Tough
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How to keep going when all you want to do is give up. Build a resilient mind-set immune to adversity. Life will never be without interruptions, obstacles, or hardships. Failure and rejection happen. You will inevitably get knocked down. Will you stay down? Mental training to channel your inner strength and never quit. Treat this audiobook as an instruction manual to overcome your obstacles and get to where you want to go. It will expose all of your defense mechanisms for what they are, and you will move forward with a tough-as-nails mind-set and techniques you can use in just 10 minutes. Build the self-discipline and willpower to control your thoughts. Patrick King is an internationally best-selling author and social-skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real-life experience. Exercise mental fortitude to overcome obstacles and achieve your goals. How to take advantage of your brain’s biological loopholes to practice toughness. Understanding your psyche, the excuses you make, and how they hold you back. How to win the battle against your beliefs and thoughts. The common ways we fall prey to mental weakness. How to plan for failure and instant recovery. Life is tough, so you better get a helmet. That’s what this audiobook is. Whatever you want, you are your own biggest obstacle to it. That’s because life doesn’t care about intentions or goodwill. It only cares about action. It only cares about “So what now?”. That’s the harsh reality you learn to defeat through this audiobook.
©2018 Patrick King (P)2019 Patrick King
Take Rapid Action
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Practical, psychological methods to turn your thoughts into reality, instead of endless avoidance and laziness. Transform from struggling with getting off your butt, to a machine of productivity and self-discipline. Create an action bias in your life - starting now. How to break inertia, overthinking, paralysis, sloth, and insecurity. Take Rapid Action deconstructs the psychology of laziness and why tomorrow always sounds like a better idea. This book is many things at once: a shot of motivation, a spark of fire, an understanding of your brain, and a list of techniques to get into motion. This is one of the most valuable skills you’ll ever gain, because only action matters in life, not good intentions. Gain the ability to get things done and hit your goals, no matter the circumstances. Patrick King is an internationally best-selling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience. Stop saying “I’ll do it later/tomorrow...” and overhaul your mindset for productivity and efficiency. The Premortem Analysis and the Ostrich Theory - how they can quiet your overthinking How comfortable inaction is sabotaging you Actionable and applicable rules to get started before you feel 100% ready How to create motion and take the first step from complete stillness. How to defeat procrastination by “bundling” Strategically plan your days to prevent laziness and distraction What you think is action, but is actually a waste of time Become a machine of proactive energy and activity. Action and results are the only things that matter in the world. Not your planning, intentions, or nice thoughts. This book puts action at the forefront of your brain and makes it nearly impossible to stay still. That’s precisely what will get you ahead in life. Taking that first step is always hard, but it doesn’t have to be. The more action you take, the luckier you become. Take that first step by scrolling up and clicking the buy now button at the top right of this page!
©2019 Peter Hollins (P)2020 Peter Hollins
Motivation Triggers: Psychological Tactics for Energy, Willpower, Self-Discipline, and Fast Action
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The science of getting started: From complete apathy to full sprint. Stop saying “I’ll do that later...” Humans, at our best, seek to take the path of least resistance. Often, this results in doing nothing at all. And it feels great. But we need to be able to switch to another gear. And you’ll learn how here. Understand the psychology of motivation (and procrastination) and how to take advantage of it. Motivation Triggers is an insightful look at motivation: How it works, and how you can interrupt our inclination to be lazy and procrastinate. You’ll learn to attack motivation from both a physical and psychological perspective. This audiobook will teach you how to give your brain what it wants...while lighting a fire under you and pushing you to reach your goals. Learn to trigger motivation and action on command. Patrick King is an internationally best-selling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience. He transformed himself from a lazy, apathetic person into someone with nearly endless motivation - this audiobook understands your struggles. Transform your thinking and multiply your results, no matter how lazy you are. The scientific and biological foundations of motivations. The science of how to get started and find momentum. How to plan yourself out of apathy and into action. An overview of the types of motivation: Extrinsic, intrinsic, instinctual, drives, cognitive needs, bribes, etc. Push yourself: Because no one else will do it for you. You’ll thank yourself later! The ability to light a fire in yourself is behind everything you want in life. We don’t want to do the dirty work; we don’t want to work hard; we don’t want to be uncomfortable. But it’s unavoidable for the success you want. How can we get over this? Saying “just do it” isn’t enough. Learning the psychology behind motivation is what will push you into action, and consistently help you to achieve your goals. It is the foundation for the most focused moments of your life! Buy this audiobook now to start right away!
©2020 Patrick King (P)2020 Patrick King
How to Listen, Hear, and Validate
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Cultivate deep connections wherever you go. Break down conflict, misunderstanding, and loneliness. Healthy relationships involve our feelings being heard, understood, and validated. Unfortunately, this is the exception rather than the rule. Are you doing it wrong and alienating people versus comforting them? Find out how to walk this fine line. Uncover the biggest obstacle to the intimate, healthy relationships that we desire and deserve. How to Listen, Hear, and Validate is all about our top communication struggle - our tendency to react instead of respond, and forget that our goal is to build bridges rather than walls. You’ll learn what you’ve been doing wrong, and why your efforts at getting closer to people - in deep or light manners - have failed. You’ll learn actionable techniques and frameworks to have the most productive conversations of your life - ones that will walk away with people praising how empathetic you are. Most importantly, you will gain profound insights on how to reprogram yourself into a natural communicator. No more unresolved issues, struggles to get close, or failures from ineffective communication. Patrick King is an internationally best-selling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience. His struggles in his early relationships has inspired him to unravel practical ways to cultivate meaningful, reciprocative interactions. Establish vulnerable, fulfilling and satisfying relationships. The big mistakes when we "listen" to others How to structure a style for effective validation and empathy Scripts to validate others, to know exactly what to say Simple tactics to make others feel loved and seen How to use empathetic communication and active listening techniques Did you know? At the heart of most communication problems is a lack of validation. Are we truly paying attention to the messages others are conveying, or are we just waiting for our turn to speak? Are we listening to reply, or listening to hear? After applying the proven techniques from this book, you’ll be able to increase love, respect and satisfaction to your relationship. You’ll become the person everyone wants in their life. Connect deeper and better. Raise the standard for your relationships.
©2021 Patrick King (P)2021 Patrick King
Learn to Think Using Riddles, Brain Teasers, and Wordplay
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Learn how to to ask the right questions, solve problems, and think more clearly. In traditional education, you're taught to recite and regurgitate. But there is rarely application, and information just becomes information for information’s sake. Does this actually make us smarter and more clever, or do we just get better at taking tests? Test yourself with over 30 maddening riddles and brain teasers designed to make you think outside the box. Learn to Think Using Riddles, Brain Teasers, and Wordplay is about how to think backward, forward, and sideways. Starting with a conclusion and finding the possible causes forces you to analyze, investigate, draw connections, and hypothesize. You need to explore all angles and let no stone remain unturned. Actually, this is exactly what real life is like. This book will confuse, frustrate, and ultimately improve your thinking prowess like nothing else, on account of being thrown into the mental deep end. Challenge yourself, and you will grow. Think like Sherlock Holmes and quickly cut to the core of an issue. Patrick King is an internationally best-selling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience. Become more naturally curious, inquisitive, and insightful. Try these: What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? A woman gives birth one day to two sons; they are both born in the same hour, in the same day, in the same year. However, they are not twins. How? A man hears his name spoken and is immediately taken away by two other men. Some time later, the man dies under the care of others. What happened to this man? A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for just three nights and then leaves on Friday - how is this possible? Apply your new mental models in all facets of life. Everyone loves riddles, and they enable us to explore more abstract situations and reason through them. Master riddles, and you can master simply dealing with difficult, uncertain, impossible, or confusing questions and situations. Scroll up the click the "buy now" button.
©2020 Patrick King (P)2020 Patrick King
Improve Your Conversations: Think on Your Feet, Witty Banter, and Always Know What to Say with Improv Comedy Techniques (2nd Edition)
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Does your mind blank in conversation and create awkward silence? Do you run out of things to say and struggle to keep dialogue flowing? (A) Conversation isn’t scripted, (B) it’s 100% unpredictable, and (C) it can be terrifying at times. How do you prepare for such a thing? By learning how to apply improv comedy techniques to roll with any punch and improve your conversations and social interactions. Become quicker and more clever in daily conversation. Improv(e) Your Conversations teaches the ingenious rules of improv comedy that allow performers to turn boring prompts into memorable interactions worthy of standing ovations. This means there are real frameworks and templates to escape interview mode small talk – and start connecting and building rapport from the moment you say “Hello”. This book goes through over 15 of the most helpful and insightful improv comedy techniques with countless real-life examples to make you a great talker. Learn the conversational secrets of the world’s best comedians. Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience. Over 15 actionable tips that are actually practical and relatable. The three easy ways to always know what to say, even when your mind goes blank. What Sherlock Holmes has to do with great rapport How to read people better and what to look for The one goal you must always keep in mind (that you probably don’t even know) Adapt, witty comeback, reply, and charm in record time What causes awkward silences and how to prevent them How your conversation should resemble a movie How to “flip the switch” to be more entertaining Conversation skills are the gatekeeper to the rest of your life. Improving your conversations gives you the ability to turn a random encounter into a flowing conversation, into a lasting friendship. Fewer acquaintances and more friends, less small talk and more true substance. Better networking, better career placement, better job interviews New friendships, improved relationships, and being more attractive to the opposite sex Instant likability and great first impressions
©2021 Patrick King (P)2021 Patrick King
Learn to Think Using Thought Experiments
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Use the mental tools that the world's greatest thinkers used to generate epiphanies, explore the world, and think more clearly. Philosophical and exploratory thinking pushes your boundaries and opens new worlds. Improve critical thinking by applying it in innovative and novel ways. Patrick King is an internationally best-selling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience. Become more naturally curious, inquisitive, and Sherlock Holmes-like. The curious case of two cats and what they teach us about uncertainty. What choosing between 1 and 5 people says about you. Why this entire world might just be a dream or simulation. What a javelin has to do with infinite. How Zeno's tortoise represents the point where reality and numbers diverge. How Chinese speakers, beetles, fish, and monkeys demonstrate different angles of reality and perception. Learn to thrive in uncertain situations and contemplate more thoroughly and deeply. Intrigue, fascinate, and challenge yourself with thought experiments - and see your thinking prowess grow exponentially. exploratory, investigative, analytical, rational, philosophical inquiry thinking probing inquisitive learn how to think exploratory thinking thinking in questions explorations, games, ideas strategy, tactics thinking boundaries limits barrier liberated thinking in puzzles, riddles infinite, unlimited, limitless, curious, inquisitive This is the fifth book in the “Clear Thinking and Fast Action” series as listed below: The Science of Getting Started: How to Beat Procrastination, Summon Productivity, and Stop Self-Sabotage The Art of Clear Thinking: Mental Models for Better Reasoning, Judgment, Analysis, and Learning. Upgrade Your Intellectual Toolkit. 10-Minute Philosophy: From Buddhism to Stoicism, Confucius and Aristotle - Bite-Sized Wisdom From Some of History’s Greatest Thinkers Practical Intelligence: How to Think Critically, Deconstruct Situations, Analyze Deeply, and Never Be Fooled Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments: How to Expand Your Mental Horizons, Understand Metacognition, Improve Your Curiosity, and Think Like a Philosopher Take Rapid Action: Get Productive, Motivated, & Energized; Stop Overthinking & Procrastinating Relentless Focus: 27 Small Tweaks to Beat Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, Outsmart Distractions, & Do More in Less Time
©2020 Peter Hollins (P)2020 Peter Hollins
Mental Toughness & Iron Will
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Two people get knocked down. One rises to the challenge while the other one stays down for good. How will you live your life? Can you plan your life to avoid the inevitable obstacles and hardships? No, because if you get past the first obstacle, the second or the third will take you down. Life is tough, which means you should get a helmet. Welcome to your life helmet. Train yourself to prepare for the worst while expecting the best. Mental Toughness & Iron Will is a guidebook into becoming someone who stops at nothing to achieve their goals. What is mental toughness? It is a mindset and state of being - it comes from deep habits, skills, and thought patterns. You’ll learn all of those and also how to put them into immediate action. This book is the rocket boost to get you to invincibility. Learn to build bulletproof mental armor. Patrick King is an internationally best-selling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, to real-life experience. He’s well versed in mental toughness and how it is one of the keys to getting ahead in life. Discover the mental toughness techniques used by the top one percent of performers. Learn the: The importance and biological imperative of mental toughness How to face failure and fear head-on Emotional thinking and how to bypass it How to overcome your emotions and rely on your iron will How we distort our realities and self-sabotage - and how to stop it How to build the skill and habit of mental toughness and resilience Characteristics of the mentally weak and the lacking Become relentless, persistent, and unstoppable in achieving your goals. Mental toughness is one of the biggest differences between the life you want and a life you settle for. Again, we ask the question: Which path will you choose?
©2018 Patrick King (P)2018 Patrick King
Improve Your People Skills
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Learn how to adapt, win people over, and handle just about any social situation. Your qualifications and intelligence aren’t what will move you forward in life. People skills (soft skills, interpersonal skills, social skills, and likability) make the difference. They allow you to effortlessly glide through life and roll with the punches as well as maximize the situations you’ll find yourself in. When your relationships are harmonious and authentic, the whole world opens up. Understand people's psychological drives. Improve Your People Skills is a book of action that allows you to truly understand others and speak their language, no matter what it is. It will fundamentally change your approach to others and you’ll instantly understand where you’ve gone wrong. It goes beyond social intelligence and gives you a blueprint to the psychology of people. Become a captivating, comforting, and desired presence. Whether it’s winning at work politics, making new friends, or strengthening current relationships, people skills are your quickest and surest route to success - no matter the situation. Patrick King is an internationally best-selling author and sought-after social skills coach and trainer. He knows firsthand the value of people skills because they rescued him from lackluster grades and jump-started his career - the value of “just fitting in anywhere” cannot be understated. Build trust, create emotional depth, and cultivate intimacy. This book will teach you about: Ways our assumptions and mind-sets create social self-sabotage. Everything we must do before we ever open our mouths. The keys to intentional listening and validation. The core components of getting past small talk. Methods to gain great self-awareness of your interpersonal habits. The toxic, annoying habits that are probably repulsing people right now. People skills open the doors for your life in a way that literally nothing else can. The world is not a meritocracy - a startling realization for most, but a happy epiphany for those with people skills. Technical skills can almost always be learned, but people skills are rare and valuable. Create massively successful relationships, anywhere. Become the ultimate people person and social butterfly. Click the "buy now" button.
©2019 Patrick King (P)2019 Patrick King
The Art of Witty Banter: Be Clever, Quick, & Magnetic (2nd Edition)
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Think quickly on your feet: be smooth, funny, and clever - all at once. Goodbye awkward silences, hello conversational agility! In any interaction, witty banter is almost always the end goal. It allows you to (1) disarm and connect with anyone, (2) immediately exit boring small talk mode, and (3) instantly build rapport like you’re old friends. Flow with the conversational twists and turns like water. The Art of Witty Banter examines the art, nuance, and mechanics of banter and charm to make you a witty comeback machine, the likes of which your friends have never seen. You’ll be able to handle, defend, disarm, and engage others in a way that makes you comfortable and confident with each growing day. Transform "interview" conversations into comfortable rapport. Patrick King is an internationally best-selling author and social skills and conversation coach. As someone who teaches people to speak for a living, he’s broken wit and banter down to a science and given you real guidelines on what to say and when. Make a sharp, smart, and savvy impression every time. Learn: Why the questions you use make people freeze How to master teasing, witty comebacks, and initiating jokes and humor What free association is and how it makes you quick-witted There’s no guesswork here - you’ll get exact examples and phrases to plug into your daily conversations. Find out about: The reactions and exact phrases to make yourself be heard. The best types of compliments to give and what you’re doing wrong. What a fallback story is and how it can save you. Never again be boring, awkward, or generic. Conversation is the key to all that you want in life. Moving up in your career, making new friends, and romantic success - it all starts from the same foundation of conversation. So, make the most out of them and specialize in witty banter. You’ll have a waiting list of new friends. This is the eighth book in the How to be More Likable and Charismatic series. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 Patrick King (P)2020 Patrick King