Beyond Small Talk: Attitudes and Actions That Transform Your Relationships in Life, Work, and Love

I see so much loneliness nowadays due to the fact that so many people just don't know how to have meaningful conversations or aren't able to communicate effectively. I see this for social situations - trying to make a new friend, business relationships - not listening or failing to communicate to fellow employees/management/customers, trying to find a soul mate - not getting to know someone through beneficial conversations and just going straight to the physical (and then ending up feeling used up, alone, and miserable). 

I've read and studied every possible book on how to make friends and thrive in just about any relationship - and even which relationships to NOT pursue, and because of applying what I've learned, I've had a good life, filled with good life-long friends and experiences, and a great marriage - people skills that very few these days know about, but if they did, they could have much different relationships in their life!

These are things I long to scream from the rooftops when people complain about being lonely or not having true friends or when I hear about getting someone getting fired from their 10th job, or starting a relationship with another new "love of their life" and then it falling apart 9 months later.  So much sadness, disappointment, and loneliness - and the resulting anxiety and depression that usually comes with it - from not knowing how to really get to know someone or communicate purposefully in the three areas that matter most in life - social situations, business relationships, and romantic relationships.