The Words That Shrink You

There's a version of everything you say that costs you more than it seems to, and most of it happens on autopilot.

The Words That Shrink You follows one man, Marcus, through 100 moments across work, family, first meetings, love, and the quiet conversations he has with no one but himself, each one built around a single sentence that felt harmless and wasn't. Every entry pairs the moment with the research behind why it works, and exactly what to say instead.

This isn't a communication ebook about tactics. It's about the sentences so automatic you've never once noticed what they're actually telling the people around you, and yourself, about how much space you think you're allowed to take up.

By Albert Greene.