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Everyone Communicates, Few Connect

What the Most Effective People Do Differently

by John C. Maxwell

Nelson Publishers, 2010

Category: Career & Self-Development

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In this summary you will learn

  • How to connect well with others and why that matters
  • How to establish a bond with an audience
  • How to inspire others to take action

Why you should read Everyone Communicates, Few Connect

To learn how to connect well with others, imitate a connection superstar: leadership development expert John C. Maxwell. When he posted a preliminary version of this book on his blog, 100,000 people viewed it, and many offered comments on how to make it better. Maxwell has sold more than 18 million books and his company has taught leadership skills to more than five million people. He offers this book’s simple principles and its very abundant quotations, anecdotes and stories to explain how to build relationships with other people in many settings. Without being preachy – though he is a preacher – he provides an intelligent, purposeful philosophy about connection. Maxwell’s sensible counsel – focus on others, help them, smile – is not earth shattering, but no one could dispute its basic verity. If the book sometimes seems just to skip merrily from one great story to another, that’s part of its charm – and it all adds up to advice that will improve your ability to link with other people. The trick is to put these examples into practice and Maxwell explains how to do that. getAbstract recommends his book to all those who want to improve their public speaking skills and interpersonal connections.

About the Author

John C. Maxwell is an evangelical Christian pastor, speaker and author, who has sold more than 18 million books in more than 50 languages. He is the author of Developing the Leader Within You and The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, among many other books.

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Janne Ohtonen December 12, 2011

This summary is nice to read, since it reminds us of what is basic in connecting with other people. We need to practice and keep our mind open to new people.

Ryan is right in his comment, because many things in this book echo from Carnegie's ideas. If you read th whole book it gives more information on how to connect with audiences, but I can tell you that many things sound easier than they are.

Great job with the abstract! Reading this won't waste your time.


Stefanie Halvorson September 9, 2010

Very basic information on how to really communicate and cut through to the people you want to connect with. Nicely summarized and uplifting. I believe this is a good start to reconnecting with people.

Yessenia Batista September 10, 2010

Hi Stefanie. Totally agree with you! I think the example given concerning Psalm 23 was great and really captures the overall idea of the book. To connect with people, etc. it has to be real. You cannot just "act" as you care about what people feel , see, or understand. If you do, customers, employees, etc. will be able to sense the bluff. These steps are great but overall the person has to have a change of heart. What do you think?

Ryan Nara September 15, 2010

This does sound very close to what Dale Carnegie says in his now classic book, "How to win friends and influence people".

Dale very clearly mentions that praise helps in getting the other person lower barriers and stop and listen only when the praise is honest and based on facts.