<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dc176e84-43f4-43ef-a533-463cb0e2064f/5B72496C-7D82-4EC0-B0C5-4DDCD39E4B6E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://pivotal.wordpress.com/" href="http://pivotal.wordpress.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">pivotal.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://pivotal.wordpress.com/"> <H2><A href="http://pivotal.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/how-to-start-a-conversation-and-make-friends/">Conversation And Make&nbsp;Friends</A></H2> <DIV class=snap_preview> <P><A href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http:%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FHow-Start-Conversation-Make-Friends%2Fdp%2F0684868016&amp;tag=pivotalpoints-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325"><IMG class=alignleft style="FLOAT: left" height=239 alt="How to start a Conversation" src="http://www.consultpivotal.com/start_conversation.jpg" width=165></A></p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Gabor has organized and put into outline form the most basic principles of conversation and friendship initiation. It is an enjoyable lesson on a life skill that is becoming increasingly important to people in all walks of life. </SPAN></p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The lessons are easy to follow and delivered with positivity. </SPAN></p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&nbsp;</SPAN></p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">It is a program that delivers: It’s short, and well illustrated with vignettes of conversational success.</SPAN></p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&nbsp;</SPAN></p> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">A limitation of this book (and there is no way to avoid it) is that the directives can be overwhelming because of their sheer volume. Choose a few areas to work on at a time and progress from the beginning.</SPAN></P></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5B72496C-7D82-4EC0-B0C5-4DDCD39E4B6E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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