How to be Interesting

How to be Interesting
ISBN: 9780857084064
Publication Date: 15 March 2013

An irreverent, colourful guide to becoming more interesting and successful by gaining self-knowledge and building your confidence and charisma In addition to having scads of acting and writing credits between them, actor David Gillespie and writer Mark Warren are co-founders of a unique organization. Called The Speechworks, it is a group of performance-based professionals who draw upon their professional expertise to teach clients-including businesspeople, sports stars, politicians, actors, writers and celebrities-the skills they need to communicate more effectively, to impress others with charisma and find greater success at work and in life. In this wildly funny, irreverent and practical guide they share their proprietary formula for achieving a heightened and sustained level of interestingness.

• Practical tips for achieving everyday interestingness, along with personality tests to aid self-knowledge
• Tons of fascinating quotes, outrageous humour and vibrant visual material-including mindmaps and infographics
• Everything you need to increase your personal appeal, engage more effectively with those around you and lead a more enjoyable and fulfilling life
• The Speechworks clients include Fortune 500 &; FTSE 100 companies, professional bodies, start-ups and SMEs, charities, politicians and sports personalities

About the Author

David Gillespie is a recovering corporate lawyer, co-founder of a successful software company and consultant to the IT industry. He is also the father of six young children (including one set of twins). With such a lot of extra time on his hands, and 40 extra kilos on his waistline, he set out to investigate why he, like so many in his generation, was fat. He deciphered the latest medical findings on diet and weight gain ...