Previously I had always felt bad about the fact that I wasn't very talkative, and often had difficulties coming up with things to say. But this book feels different, because rather than giving me some new technique that I might use for a while and then forget about once it was no longer exciting, it made me realize that I was already doing some of the things that it said that I should be doing, just without realizing it. In principle, these effects might be temporary, as the effects of many self-help books tend to be. I stil get momentarily drained of mental energy *right after* social interaction, but I recover much quicker and feel better afterwards. Since reading this book, however, this seems to have changed: I just came back from a three-day meetup feeling refreshed and energetic, and the very thought of being social has started feeling much more enticing. If we define an introvert as someone who loses energy from social activity and an extrovert as someoe who gains energy from them, then I have usually been an introvert, enjoying social interaction but needing considerable time to recharge afterwards. Olivia has both French and American nationalities and is fluent in 4 languages she is the youngest person ever to have been appointed Foreign Trade Advisor to the French Government. The book will be released February 16th, 2012.

Olivia is the author of 'The Charisma Myth,' published by Penguin's business book imprint, Portfolio. In addition to being a regular columnist for Forbes, Olivia is often featured in media such as The New York Times, Bloomberg or BusinessWeek and was recently profiled in The Wall Street Journal. Her course at Berkeley's Business School was so popular that university staff had to guard the entrance to ensure that only admitted students gained entrance. As a frequent keynote speaker and executive coach to the leadership of Fortune 500 companies, she helps people increase their ability to influence, persuade, and inspire others.įrom a base of thorough behavioral science, Olivia extracts the most practical tools for business giving her clients techniques she originally developed for Harvard and MIT. An expert in the fields of charisma and leadership, Olivia Fox Cabane has lectured at Stanford, Yale, Harvard, MIT and the United Nations.

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