Let's Talk: How to Have Better Conversations

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For other, more casual conversations, it’s the desire to actively listen rather than wait to respond. The Balance Collective is a social enterprise focused on improving the lives of parents, by working together to build inner confidence and promote a healthy work/life balance.

In my opinion it could be improved with some key takeaways or action points at the end of each chapter, making it more of a self-help book for every day conversations. This is the first time I have come across a book like this, which brings together an authority in conversation (in my opinion) alongside an eclectic mix of experts, and psychological theories, combined with celebrity opinion. A self-declared passion project which reminds a great radio presenter and his audience that we have two ears, should be curious and find common ground with enemies. It further invites me to look at how I communicate and learn from the people who fill my life which is no bad thing. Think about how this, and how you can make other people feel when you are interacting with them; however brief that connection may be.I really can’t do this book justice in the review; it’s packed to the brim with such fascinating insights; we are lucky to have a fly-on-the-wall perspective of the conversations that would have happened to generate the content. Part how-to and part manifesto, Let’s Talk is Nihal’s accessible, anecdotal and invigorating toolkit to having better conversations with anyone, any time. As an audiobook format listening to the ‘guests’ and hear their take on how to have good conversations was great but I would’ve like more specific mechanics to learn from. Worryingly good'' Jeremy Vine'An insightful, important read' Stacey Dooley'A genuinely brilliant broadcaster' Matthew Syed'Fascinating and thought-provoking' Jane Fallon'Informed, open-minded, fair, astute, caring and funny' Ricky Gervais 'A grand theory of conversation' Dan Snow'The conversation king' Laura Whitmore .

To read him is to get a lesson from a master practitioner of the art -- Anita Anand, author of The Patient Assassin You may also be interested in. As much as I love exploring diverse genres when it comes to books, certain literary pieces do not significantly impact me after finishing them.If the tag line had been something like " stories from my life as a radio host," it wouldn't have felt like such a letdown. I hope that most of us won’t be in the positions that some of the interviewees were in, there are lessons to be learned about having better conversations with those we disagree with. We're not currently in the golden era of conversation - it has either eroded away into emojis or escalated into online wildfires. It's a worthwhile read but I think it would've been improved by Nihal directly quoting his interviewees more often, rather than telling us what they'd done or said. The only thing lacking for me was actual transcripts of the conversations, in raw form, before they are converted into the prose of the book.

Annoyingly, I couldn't finish it as I couldn't renew the library copy - three people in line behind me to read it!Nihal is a master of the art of conversation, one of the country's finest and smartest interviewers, and his book is both brilliant and necessary. When you see a true master of verbal communication, remember that these are learned behaviours, not something innate which you are either born with or not. While effective dialogue is supposed to lead to greater fulfilment in our personal and professional lives, all the scientific evidence points towards us sharing fewer interactions than previous generations. Part how-to and part manifesto, Let's Talk is Nihal's accessible, anecdotal and invigorating toolkit to having better conversations with anyone, any time.

From ever decreasing face-to-face meetings to echo chambers online, we no longer have the necessary tools to talk to each other. Never heard of Arthanayake before (or his *star-studded* career) and a lot of this read like a high school essay.With insights from ‘professional conversationalists’ from various sectors, this is a thoughtful read with some practical takeaways on how to have better conversations. Nothing new or groundbreaking but the repetition helps hone in on a really basic yet key point point we forget a lot of the time: having a better conversation is all about listening and being curious. It reads like an essay, or perhaps a dissertation in 277 pages: introducing the subject, taking the reader through the history of conversation, and then interviews with some 'conversation experts' including a police negotiator, politician in the Northern Ireland peace process, film maker, clinical psychologist and TV chat show host.