Ebook: The Lost Art of the Good Schmooze: Building Rapport and Defusing Conflict in Everyday and Public Talk

Review "What a nice surprise to find a book that really looks at engaging in casual chat—*schmoozing*—and how it can enhance our sense of happiness and belonging in social life, as well as our actual success at various endeavors. Boxer explores the impact of good schmoozing on making friends, improving relationships with family members, getting ahead at school or work, and understanding our fellow citizens. This book is replete with examples of schmoozing and provides interpretations as to their contribution to the conversation." ( Andrew D. Cohen, Professor, Program in Second Language Studies, University of Minnesota, and coauthor of *Teaching and Learning Pragmatics: Where Language and Culture Meet* ) Book Description Bill Clinton is a natural schmoozer, as is Barack Obama, and there is no doubt that the ability has served them well. By softening the opposition between private and public, personal and political, higher and lower, schmoozing plays a vital, but under-appreciated role as a life and leadership skill. Everybody schmoozes nowadays, but often it is the networking sort of schmoozing rather than the kind of schmoozing that creates good interactional feelings.