Vanessa Van Edwards, a best-selling author and behavioral researcher on professional communication and leadership, joins the Journey To Launch podcast to discuss science-based communication insights and give actionable social skills tips to advance your career, relationships, and overall life.

We also chat about navigating stereotyping and biases , the importance of making definitive decisions about personal connections, leveraging cues to shape perception, and more.

More than 50 million people have seen Vanessa on YouTube and in her viral TED Talk. She has been featured in Entrepreneur, CNN, CBS, and more. Her book, "Captivate: The Science of Succeeding With People," has been translated into 17+ languages and her latest book, "Cues: Master The Secret Language of Charismatic Communication," was an instant best seller.

In this episode you'll also learn more about:

Actionable posture tips and desk setups to optimize how others perceive you
How to recognize if you have weaker people skills and what you can do to improve them
Why we should go into interactions wondering how we can like the other person more
The Halo Effect, the definition of a "sticky person," why charisma is just as important as a lucrative idea + more

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Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People
Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic
How to Win Friends & Influence People
A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype Content: Competence
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