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Part One O N THE R OAD TO B EING A P EOPLE M AGNET
1 Friends, Lovers, and Knights
Platonic Friendships
And, of Course, Love
Men’s Friendships
Women’s Friendships
Networking Friends
2 What’s Ahead in How to Be a People Magnet
How We’re Going to Find the Answer
The Fatal FUD Factor (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt)
3 Why this Book Is Guaranteed to Work!
This Is Not a Book—It’s a Contract
Sociological Studies Support the Contract
Listen to the Testimonials
Part Two M AKING S TRANGERS L IKE Y OU , I NSTANTLY !
4 Hi! How Do You Like Me So Far?
But Is Being Popular Really Being Liked?
What’s Your Optimism Quotient (OQ)?
5 How to Spread Sunshine . . . Wherever You Go
Clause #1: In Your Shoes
6 Making Everyone Feel Special
Clause #2: Eye Messages
7 Win Their Hearts, in Ten Words or Les s
Clause #3: The Expanded Thank-You
8 The Magic Wand, Your Body
Clause #4: The Trifling Touch
9 Like Hallmark Cards, a Smile for Every Occasion
Clause #5: Slow, Spillover Smile
10 Why Do We Prefer One Person Over Another?
Deborah Gets the Last Laugh (and Leil Eats Her Hat)
Clause #6: Listen to Their Heart
11 Fine Tuning Your Tongue
Clause #7: Dis-Guys My Dialogue
Clause #8: De-Gurrl My Dialogue
12 Never Hear “You’re Not Listening!” Again
Clause #9: Listen Like a Nail
Clause #10: Listen Like a Dunking Duck
13 Fragging the Fatal FUD Factor
But What About Me? I’m No Olympic Athlete
How You Can Go for the Gold
Clause #11: Ditch the Bitchers, Talk to the Trashers
14 Beauty Is as Beauty Feels
Thunder Thighs Wins Olympic Gold Medal for Love
Clause #12: I Am Beautiful
Clause #13: I’m a Good Mover
15 How to Work a Room Like Royalty
Clause #14: The Emperor’s New Clothes
16 Nice Shake!
Clause #15: My Five-Star Handshake
17 The Hugganary
Clause #16: The Honest Hug
18 The Secret of Confident Conversing
What Separates Social Winners from Social Losers ?
Clause #17: React Faster, Answer Vaster
19 Shyness Stinks! Not Only That, It Can Trash Your Life
Wait, There Are More Bummers
So, If Schmooze-Aphobia Is a Disease, What’s the Cure?
Clause #18: Always Talk to Strangers
20 Does This Confidence Make Cents?
Clause #19: What Can I Learn from This?
21 Ah, Mystery of Life: And How Optimism Saved One!
22 Pass the Pollyanna Please
Clause #20: Give the Gift of “You Can Do”
Part Three F RIENDS AND L OVERS : How to Find Them, How to Keep Them
23 Why Have Friends? Or Pollyanna Plummets into Pandora’s Box
Suddenly Last Summer
Pollyanna Plummets into Pandora’s Box
The Bottom of the Pit
So What’s This Got to Do with How to Be a People Magnet?
Pandora’s Box Suddenly Snaps Shut
24 Friendship’s First Commandment: Thou Must Have Something to Give in Order to Receive
You Don’t Make Friends, You Earn Them
And Yes, You Earn Lovers Too
Clause #21: Growing My Gifts
25 Ways to Say “I Love You” to a Friend
26 Plan Private Pleasures for Precious People
Clause #22: Plan a Sweet Surprise
27 I Love Ya Man, and All That Jazz
Clause #23: I Love Ya Man
28 Actions Speak Louder than Words: Just Ask Any Guy
Clause #24: Do My Buddy’s Bag
29 The Power of Gifts: Or a Great Way to Get Rid of Junk You Don’t Want!
Clause #25: Tchotchkes for Chums
30 Standing Up for Your Friends
The Green-Eyed Monster in My Closet
Clause #26: My Personal Principles Clause
31 Planting Seeds for New Friendships
Prissy’s Present
You Can Never Go Back (and Would You Really Want To?)
You Made My Day!
Now, About Your Promotion
Clause #27: Thanks, You Made My Day
32 Do You Want to Be Popular, or Do You Want to Be Liked?
Clause #28: Befriend a Nerd
33 What If I Only Feel Those Butterflies When I’m Talking to Him or Her?
Great, So I Know Why. Now How Can I Get Rid of Those Butterflies?
Clause #29: I’ll Talk to the Tens
34 Have You Ever Had a Friend . . . : Who Changed Your Way of Looking at Life Forever?
Clause #30: My Physically Challenged Pal
35 If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It!
Clause #31: Dare to Be Different
36 Diversity, It’s Not Just for the Workplace
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
Clause #32: Multicolored Chums
Part Four C UPID’S S ECRETS : Sexy Schemes for Luring Lovers and Keeping Them
37 Cupid’s Got Lots of Secrets!
Cupid, Please Tell Me, Why Him? Why Her?
When Two of Cupid’s Arrows Cross
Some Cupids Who Crashed and Burned
38 Finally Science Captures Cupid
Cupid Does Drugs
Why Do So Many Women Go for the Bad Boys?
Cupid Grows Up
So How Long Can I Enjoy this Legal High Before I Come Down?
39 A Better, Deeper Kind of Love Sets in, Really!
What if You Still Want the “Can’t Wait to Jump Your Bones” Kinda Love?
How Cindy Keeps the Sex Cinders Hot
40 What About Turning a Friend into a Lover?
41 Cupid’s Last Words
Can You Have the Peaceful Forever Kind of Love Right off the Bat?
What’s Cupid’s Secret? What Really Keeps Couples Together?
Clause #33: I Won’t Toss the Person with the PEA
42 Mirror, Mirror, Find Me a Mate
Clause #34: Look for a Look-Alike
43 Get Off My Duff
Clause #35: Weekly Off-My-Duff Promise
44 If You Want to Date, You Must Initiate
The Dance of Love
Inviting Someone to the Dance of Intimacy
Clause #36: If I Want to Date, I Must Initiate
45 Don’t Think Lines, Think Lyrics
Clause #37: Think Lyrical, Not Lyrics
46 Men “Pick Her Up,” Gentlemen “Make Her Acquaintance”
Clause #38: My Three-Step Strategy Clause
47 The Failure Fallback Plan
Clause #39: Foxy Face-Saver
48 Creative Courting
Clause #40: Hunt Down Hot Buttons
49 Shhh, He’s Ticked Off!
Clause #41: Let Him Sulk in Silence
Clause #42: No More Troubled Clam
50 Give Me a Strong Shoulder and a Big Ear
Clause #43: What’s Wrong, Lambchop?
51 Go Figure!
You Be the Judge
Clause #44: Let Him Lecture
52 How Would You Handle This, Dear?
It’s Not Just for Schmoozing Her
Clause #45: Seek Her Social Assistance
53 I Just Want You to Be Happy!
Clause #46: “You Make Me Sooo Happy”
Clause #47: She’s “The Ball Game,” Not “The Ball Game”
54 Hyperbole as Aphrodisiac
Clause #48: My Lyrical Love
55 Understanding My Clam
Clams à la Greque
Clause #49: My Silent Partner
Clause #50: The Minute an Hour Treatment
Part Five N ETWORKING : Recruiting Knights for My Personal Round Table
56 The World’s Best Contact Sport: Once You Learn How to Play It
57 “Networking?” Did I Hear You Say “Networking”?
Clause #51: Sharing My Gifts
58 Plan Ahead!
59 The Guide to Sharing Your Gifts
Networking, It’s Kid’s Stuff, Too
Clause #52: Knight Time-Sharing
60 Do You Carry Enough Friend Insurance?
Clause #53: Knight Recruiting Clause
61 One Man’s Knight Is Another Man’s Nobody
62 My Friend Insurance Policy: Or the Knights at My Round Table
63 “Who Ya Gonna Call?”
64 Making Deposits in the Good Neighbor Account
Clause #54: Good Neighbor Clause
65 Give Yourself a Priceless Gift
Clause #55: Find an Old Friend or Old Love
Endnotes
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