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precise messages, to listen carefully, perceive what others

were telling me without judgements or adjust what I wanted to

say so my colleagues could understand what I really meant.

Too many times I would lose my chances for a second date

with girls I liked because I never knew when to shut up, stop

“being funny and cool,” and just start listening instead. I
unwittingly offended some very stringent teachers or

professors a few times because I could not see the world or a

given problem from their perspective (which, obviously,

resulted in VERY hard times for me, both on lessons and on

exam sessions). I did not know how to deal with my parents
and family during arguments and conflicts, how to maintain

business contacts and, what the heck, I even got fired twice

because of my lame communication skills and lack of intuition

in conversations. At a certain point, I almost hit rock bottom. I

lost my job, my health was bad, I ended my long-term
relationship, depleted my bank accounts to make a few very

bad investments and got in a really deep mess. That’s when I

promised myself I would learn from my mistakes, gather

myself together and rebound.

I kept my promise. My self-development journey started. It
exploded and I never stopped my quest of self-betterment. I

started reading TONS of books and watching LOADS of

DVD’s about many different subjects, which I decided to

master in a few years’ time. Sales, startups, soft-skills,

meditation, emotional intelligence, eastern philosophy, NLP

… verbal communication was one of those crucial topics. In
this book, I will share with you all the most important things I

learned during my journey, so you don’t have to commit the