How to Be a People Magnet : Finding Friends--and Lovers--and Keeping Them for Life

Ms. Lowndes' other books are a far better read than this one. This book doesn't seem to be as well thought out as her other books such as "How To Instantly Connect With Anyone" and "How To Talk To Anyone".

Read the other two books instead of this one. Give the other two books as high school graduation gifts. We all need to improve our people skills.

I read through this book quickly, and most of the advice is effective because the author's central idea is simple and true: treat everyone you meet as though they're equally important, fascinating and valuable to you. The book breaks it down into specific techniques for transmitting this message to everyone from store clerks to romantic interests. Some of the techniques might come across as manipulative though, even Machiavellian in the wrong hands. There are many subconscious tells that signal a person's true intentions and can't be practiced away. I think the advice would work best for people who are a bit socially awkward, but decent and well-intentioned at heart. People who aren't nice will just seem like sleazy used car salesmen.

Also, ladies: some of the advice - lingering touches and holding eye contact for longer than usual, for instance - could easily be read as sexual signals by male strangers. Might want to consider this before trying it on every postman and pizza guy you meet!

This book is a good start if you are a shy person and want to become more extroverted. If you are a social person already, don't bother. It is really well written.

This is ok. It gives some good tips but mostly it seems like they are things that worked for her personally. I didn't feel like these were well thought out for the average person.

In this book Leil Lowndes offers some basic guidelines and some new tips on "How to be a People Magnet".

These guidelines are written in an easy-going manner and can be readily applied into your professional and personal life without compromising your integrity or core nature.

Some examples Lowndes advocates are:
Always maintain your grace, Listen from your listener's perspective, Make eye contact, Touch, Watch your body language, Always be positive about yourself and your appearance, Practice the winners conversation style, Befriend others, Talk to the 'tens', Actively seek out your uniqueness and cultivate it, Surprise your friends, Give the gift of 'U Can Do', If you want to date you must initiate, Don't leave love to chance, Subdue your complaints, Share your talents, Recruit your 'Knights of the Round Table', How to: entering a room where you don't know anyone, To 'explain why your thankful' in your conversations. . .

All of these tips combine to reveal you as a more approachable and confident person.

This book is helpful in defining the basics of interpersonal communication and throws in a few enhancements.