{"id":445,"date":"2012-06-26T19:47:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T23:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/?p=445"},"modified":"2012-06-26T19:47:54","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T23:47:54","slug":"books-on-social-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/books-on-social-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Books on Social Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I get so many ideas from my e-mail friends. This one&#8217;s too valuable to wait on. [This is a very stressful week for me, so I haven&#8217;t been thinking about blogging. Except for this.]<\/p>\n<p>One person asked for ideas on learning social skills. Another person replied with this list of books. I&#8217;m not familiar with them, so I don&#8217;t know how good they are, but the list os a place to start if you need books on social communication.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power Schmoozing: The New Etiquette for Social and Business Success \u00a0(schmoozing does not equate here to superficiality but light and casual conversation)<\/li>\n<li>How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less (again, not a manipulative thing, just basic social skills)<\/li>\n<li>Conversationally Speaking: \u00a0Tested New Ways to Increase Your Personal and Social Effectiveness<\/li>\n<li>The Power of Handshaking for Peak Performance Worldwide<\/li>\n<li>Social Savvy: A Handbook for Teens Who want to know what to say, what to do, and how to feel confident in any situation<\/li>\n<li>The Pocket Guide to Making Successful Small Talk: \u00a0How to talk to Anyone Anytime Anywhere About Anything<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;d also recommend Miss Manners&#8217; etiquette books. They have many tips for doing well in social settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I get so many ideas from my e-mail friends. This one&#8217;s too valuable to wait on. [This is a very stressful week for me, so I haven&#8217;t been thinking about blogging. Except for this.] One person asked for ideas on learning social skills. Another person replied with this list of books. I&#8217;m not familiar with [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,20,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aspie-parent","category-parents-of-aspies","category-parents-who-are-aspies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Books on Social Skills - Polymath Solution<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/books-on-social-skills\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Liz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/books-on-social-skills\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/books-on-social-skills\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Liz\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8aadd911e62a97bd7a148b88033d0225\"},\"headline\":\"Books on Social Skills\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-26T23:47:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/books-on-social-skills\/\"},\"wordCount\":202,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Aspie Parent\",\"Parents of Aspies\",\"Parents who are Aspies\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/books-on-social-skills\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/books-on-social-skills\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/books-on-social-skills\/\",\"name\":\"Books on Social Skills - Polymath Solution\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-26T23:47:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8aadd911e62a97bd7a148b88033d0225\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/books-on-social-skills\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Polymath Solution\",\"description\":\"Interesting things, stuff and items\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8aadd911e62a97bd7a148b88033d0225\",\"name\":\"Liz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd57a0579485d7d6e60f0db24ad3ee4bcadcb98c442e23f93311423ffd52d67a?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd57a0579485d7d6e60f0db24ad3ee4bcadcb98c442e23f93311423ffd52d67a?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Liz\"},\"description\":\"Professional polymath, currently earning a living in web and graphic design and development. 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