The 5-Minute Socializer: Make Friends and Win A Room In 5-Minutes or Less by Clarence Oliver
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A clean hand book of how to socialize using simple and doable steps.
Divided into five chapters which talk about acquiring Social Confidence through basic human physiology which helps in eliminating self-doubt and master ways to act, appear and feel more confident in society. The minute details of how one should improve his/her posture, dressing, appearance, visualization and role play are worth reading.
The author’s efforts in bringing out the fact that a great socializer always makes the other person feel more important than himself, is commendable. Even the way to deal with sarcastic comments was well interpreted. The power of maintaining one’s space, touch, position and eye contact is well elicited.

Positives: Very practical in approach, a must read for all introverts, and crisp to the point. Points of interest are Small Talk vs Big Talk, The Three Magic Questions, Acceptance Glare, Eyebrow Flash and Mirror Welcome. One needs to study and implement them in the right place and time in order to become popular and make more friends than others.

Negatives: The time mentioned by the author to make an advance towards socialization to a totally new group with all the inputs provided in the book might not be realistic on the ground.

My rating is 3.25/5


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