The Art of Witty Banter: Be Clever, Quick, & Magnetic (2nd Edition) (How to be More Likable and Charismatic)

We all know when someone's witty or excels at banter. They're magnetic, socially suave, and they're popular. They can dish it out as well as they can take it. It makes them more interesting and less one dimensional.This book is excellent at providing frameworks for understanding wit and banter. This makes it much easier to provide witty replies on the fly. Instead of having to think of something on the spot, you can closely wait for someone to say something, and then immediately filter it through the frameworks you learned in this book and provide a witty reply.There's one HUGE caveat though (and everyone else is right)... some of these can make you look like a real A-hole. These work best with someone you're genuinely close with or comfortable around. Otherwise, you'll risk offending 80-90% of the people around you. .. especially if you often use sarcastic replies. If you do decide to use those, you better be self-deprecating as well so that you don't look like a bully.However, that caveat can be your greatest strength.Do you have a coworker or friend in your social group who's rude to you? It's easy to get emotionally flustered and not be able to think of a reply on the spot. However, this book arms you with the tools needed to easily deal with people like that. So the next time you encounter them, you'll be calm because not only are you prepared, but you'll be excited for the moment to put them in their place, making you come out on top. You'll have verbal daggers ready to launch at them, and it will be easy to employ - because the frameworks make it easy for you. There are plenty of examples provided as well.Think of this book as a guide to verbal jiu jitsu. You don't want to use it offensively. But it's a great tool to have in your social toolkit, and it will definitely arm you with a layer of self defense.

I liked this book! I am somewhat funny already, but this book gives some good tips and categorizes things well , so you can keep track of them . Ill be looking forward to implementing them in conversations.

This is a book chock-full with ideas and suggestions of how to spice up your conversation and make it more playful and enjoyable. Read it and take note of the suggestion that feel like working for you, and I am sure it will make your conversation more enjoyable.

This is the 3rd book I've read from the author. It's a very informative guide to explaining things we have already experienced in our everyday lives. Interactions with people are not equal, some are good and some are awkward and this book explains why and details how to get the chemistry going that sometimes happens naturally and sometimes does not. I bought the 9 pack of books from this author and am excited each time to start the next. Highly recommend

There are a couple of useful tips in this book that people can try. The words ‘be clever, quick and magnetic’ are selling a pipe dream that doesn’t exist. The book will certainly help a little bit, but the degree of success will depend on other factors like confidence, something which no book will give you. It has to be cultivated and earned.

Most of the time conversation is an almost automatic act. We don’t think of the purpose and direction of the conversation. This book makes a stab at that meta approach - think about ‘conversational acts’. The author is clearly an amateur but he still has some decent points. At times the book sounds like it is written for someone on the spectrum who has to fake empathy and emotion, but other parts are more informative. I think the author would have benefited from doing more research on the topic. What I really liked were the summary chapters - books like this are often tediously long and filled with millions of anecdotes. After reading the first chapter I went to the summaries and they were all I needed and quite succinct. I may go back to one of the chapters, but kudos for that innovation! Keep writing! I wish I could!

I truely feel like I'm overall improving, not only in how I speak but in how I view speaking. Oh, my favorite part you ask? I think my absolute favorite part of this book is how chapter 5 is word for word the same as "better small talks" chapter 3. It cut my reading time by 1/5th! Now I have to read all his books to see what other secrets he's hiding from me.

A SIMPLE BOOK FOR BEGINNERSto start, the book really makes you more aware of how to respond to people and think on how you could inprove; it provides examples which for the most part are helpful but very conspicious, most being unintuitive and feeling like you're talking to a robot. For example on the subject of using witty banter(Chapter 3) the author used describing someone as a glacier for an example" Bob: You are working as slow as a glacier. Pick it up!You:[focusing on the word glacier] You mean I'm strong and cool under pressure? True" (117)The example is obvious, giving you a great idea on the matter but the joke feels boring and irritible.The advice for the most part is good for a begginner with only some just being common sense and courtesyFor the most part this is a very "simple" book but is a must need if you are just starting out. 4/5