Read the Room: The Holistic Guide to Build and Sustain Meaningful Relationships for Life

Maximize your network with this one-stop guide to developing meaningful connections in life and business.

Our fullest life begins the second we start living like we’re not the only one in it.

Whether it’s with coworkers, friends, family, or a stranger at the grocery store, our relationships with other people are the key to our happiness, our success, and our well-being. With a unique approach to building and leveraging our socio- and emotional intelligence, Read the Room will help you expand your network more than ever before.

In this comprehensive guide, readers will learn key strategies to create and sustain personal connections, including how to:

Read social dynamics, empathetically intuit, and better connect with others
Let your character lead for you
Build relationships you didn’t know you could have
Tap into the authority and influence you didn’t know you possessed
View selflessness and empathy as renewable resources


Told with author Cavanaugh James’s characteristic compassion, wit, and honesty, Read the Room will show you how you can thrive in real emotional and relational health. Apply the tools and lessons in this book and unlock the limitless possibilities for your career and life. Read the room and watch your world change.