How To Ruin a Great Conversation

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Congratulations-you might've just ruined a great one. And this book is here to make sure you keep doing it... unless you want to stop.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In <em>How to Ruin a Great Conversation</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Patrick King hilariously dismantles every awkward cringey well-intentioned-but-totally-misguided way people sabotage social interactions. From asking weirdly invasive questions to oversharing your entire life story to playing defense like your ego's in a UFC match-you'll learn exactly what </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>not</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> to do if you want connection not confusion.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This book is for you if:</strong></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You panic and word-vomit your autobiography to a stranger.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You turn curious questions into interrogations.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You get stuck recycling the same two conversation topics.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You're more focused on sounding smart than being present.</span></li></ul><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With chapters like Only Be Interested in Yourself Recycle the Same Conversation and Play Defense Instead of Being Open King doesn't just hand you a mirror-he hands you the script to burn and rewrite.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You'll learn:</strong></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Why silence isn't awkward-</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>you</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> just made it that way.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The formula for asking better questions that actually get answers.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>How to stop protecting yourself and start connecting instead.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What to say when someone </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>else</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> overshares and makes it weird.</span></li></ul><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>If you've ever walked away from a chat and thought Yikes this book is your antidote.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Or your guide to doubling down. Up to you.</strong></p><p></p>