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Top 100 Power Verbs: The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You Can Use to Win in Any Situation

By Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford

Published by FT Press

Copyright © 2014

Published Date: Jun 20, 2013

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Use "power verbs" to make all your written and spoken communications more memorable, impactful, and dynamic — and get what you want! Every word matters. But some words matter most of all: verbs. Verbs are the catalysts of sentences. The right verbs bring communication to life. (And the wrong verbs bore and alienate people, even if they have no idea why they don't like you.) Now, in Top 100 Power Verbs, award-winning business communications expert and instructor Dr. Michael Faulkner identifies today’s 100 most action-packed verbs. Faulkner reveals how to use these verbs to electrify your communications, and attract people like moths to a flame. This concise, easy-to-use guide provides sample sentences showing you exactly how to use each verb in your communications. Using it, you can stand out, set yourself apart and above everyone you’re competing with, and achieve your goals – whatever they are! This book is an outstanding resource for new graduates just entering the workforce; for junior level employees; for other business professionals across a variety of functions and industries; and for undergraduate students in business communication, presentation, and business skills courses.

Table of Contents

Introduction     1
CHAPTER 1 The Connection Between Communications and Success     2
 Verb Forms     5
CHAPTER 2 How to Use This Book     9
 Additional Support for You     10
CHAPTER 3 100 Top Action Verbs for Business, Brokering, Banking, Bargaining, and Occasionally Betting the Farm     14
CHAPTER 4 100 Top Action Verbs for Challenging Situations and Difficult Moments, Calumny, Comebacks, or When You Just Want to Get in the Last Word     83
CHAPTER 5 100 Top Action Verbs for Mind Games, Mental Panache, Mastermind Monkey Business, Meeting MENSAs, or Just Showing Off     125
CHAPTER 6 100 Top Action Verbs for Presenters, Professors, Preachers, Poets, Playwrights, and Pundits Searching for Savoir Faire     165
CHAPTER 7 100 Top Action Verbs for Schooling, Sagacity, Shrewdness, and Other Times to Be Sharp and Serious     210
CHAPTER 8 100 Top Action Verbs for Schmoozing, Socializing, Shindigs, Getting Sentimental, or Using Your Networking to Work the Room     256
Additional Sources     307
Index     311

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