The Power of Eye Contact

by Ellsberg, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780061782213
• ISBN10: 0061782211
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Eye Contact can land you a job. It can get you a date. It can deepen your connections with the people you love. It can make or break business relationships. It can help win a fight. It can win over an audience.

Author Biography

Michael Ellsberg is the founder of Eye Gazing Parties, the world's only singles event based on eye contact. He collaborated on Flirting with Disaster: Why Accidents Are Rarely Accidental. He graduated from Brown University and lives in Brooklyn with his fiance.

Table of Contents

A Note to Readers	p. xv
Introduction	p. xv
What Bill Clinton Knows About Eye Contact: The Evolution of Rapport	p. 1
How to Become a Master of Eye Contact in Two Weeks	p. 34
Eye Flirting, Part I: For Women Only	p. 55
Eye Flirting, Part II: For Men Only	p. 80
The Eyes Are the Windows to the Sale: Eye Contact for Sales and Business	p. 105
How to Wow a Crowd with Eye Contact: Public Speaking and Presentations	p. 131
If Looks Could Kill: Eye Contact in Hostile, Aggressive, or Competitive Situations	p. 147
Truth and Eyes: Eye Contact and Lie Detection	p. 157
Eye Love You: Eye Contact in Relationships and intimacy	p. 169
Gazing at the Divine: The Spiritual Side of Eye Contact	p. 180
Going Deeper: A Graduate Degree in Eye Contact	p. 205
Epilogue	p. 215
Acknowledgments	p. 217
Appendix: Ralph Waldo Emerson on Eyes and Eye Contact: From The Conduct of Life (1860)	p. 221
Notes	p. 225
Works Cited	p. 231
Interviewees	p. 237
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