Book Review - Say It Like Obama (Shel Leanne)

Say It Like Obama (Shel Leanne) is one of the best book I have read on Public Speaking. We all know that President Obama is one of the best orators we have seen in this modern age. He was able to move the US people, convincing them to give him the 'hot seat' so that he can make the change that they can believe in. Although how Obama performed, we will have to wait for the end of his term before we can evaluate, but I am sure most of us agree that he is a great public speaker.

So how does he do it? Well, this book shed some light into it, or I should say throw a tremendous amount of light into this topic, but I must warn readers that is book is quite technical. I never study languages so I was thrown with a lot of jargons towards the end of the book, but all in all, I enjoyed reading it.

If you are a leader in your organization, it is best that you grab this book and hone your public speaking skills. You will need it if you want your employees to buy your vision and believe that you are the leader they should follow.

I give it 3 out of 5 stars. If this book comes with a CD that has videos of all the speeches transcripted inside the book, I am sure readers can learn a great deal about moving people from Obama and the author. But then again there is YouTube.

Grab this book if you are a leader in your organization or you want to move people with your words.

Book Review - The Definitive Book of Body Language (Barbara & Allan Pease)

The Definitive Book of Body Language (Barbara & Allan Pease) is the first book I come across on Body Language. With the greater emphasis on people's skill, recognizing what your converstation partner is sending out would help you greatly in getting into someone's good books.

This is especially true for sales people. Would it not be great to know the current state of your clients and change your tactics accordingly so that you achieve your objective of clinching sales? Would it not be great to see if your boss is receptive to your idea by observing the signals that his body is sending out? Would it not be great if you know what mood your spouse is and act accordingly so as to avoid any tripwire.

Well this is a great book to start of with. It teaches us a lot of the body signals that are sent out but do note that you need to keep on practise and I would suggest from time to time, you browse through it and apply to your life as much as possible. Only then would you reap full benefit from the book.

I give it a 4 out of 5 stars for its great illustrations, explanations and also insights that it offers for beginners try to figure out the world of body language.