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How To Be A People Person
Don't be passive! Don't be aggressive! Be assertive! Be a PEOPLE PERSON! Fine-tune your social and communication skills Improve your relationships at home and at work;
Widen your circle of friends;
Combat shyness and social anxiety;
Increase your chances of success at dating;
Resolve situations of conflict and handle criticism;
Negotiate successfully;
Outwit bullies and protect yourself from put-downs.
Widen your circle of friends;
Combat shyness and social anxiety;
Increase your chances of success at dating;
Resolve situations of conflict and handle criticism;
Negotiate successfully;
Outwit bullies and protect yourself from put-downs.
- GenresSelf Help
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First published April 9, 1991
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January 22, 2012
Alice F reckoned I ought to pass this onto my boss when I leave. I'm not leaving, but thought I'd better have a look at this before deciding where to put it, and oh dear!
The first chapter starts fairly sensibly saying get to know you before trying to get to know others, but then ends with a list of fundamental things one must not do to a friend: things most people of my acquaintance would never think of doing, or feel guilty as hell if they did. Before too long there is a further list of no-nos that include talking about vomiting while people are eating. Well, hello? I just had to carry on to see if it got better.
I pulled myself up short as it continued to say the obvious and wondered if maybe it was written for people who have a real need of such basic advice. However some sections did go into a little more depth - covering things that I remember I didn't know or realise when I went out into the big bad world at eighteen - and some lists of examples were incomplete, for example supportive things to say concentrated on fairly unusual circumstances instead of the more common things that make people down.
I continued to read in fascination, but I really couldn't work out the audience. Too patronising for the merely shy, not quite prescriptive enough for someone with a more fundamental lack of social skills, it was one of those annoying books that I wanted to rip up and re-write. Sorry.
The first chapter starts fairly sensibly saying get to know you before trying to get to know others, but then ends with a list of fundamental things one must not do to a friend: things most people of my acquaintance would never think of doing, or feel guilty as hell if they did. Before too long there is a further list of no-nos that include talking about vomiting while people are eating. Well, hello? I just had to carry on to see if it got better.
I pulled myself up short as it continued to say the obvious and wondered if maybe it was written for people who have a real need of such basic advice. However some sections did go into a little more depth - covering things that I remember I didn't know or realise when I went out into the big bad world at eighteen - and some lists of examples were incomplete, for example supportive things to say concentrated on fairly unusual circumstances instead of the more common things that make people down.
I continued to read in fascination, but I really couldn't work out the audience. Too patronising for the merely shy, not quite prescriptive enough for someone with a more fundamental lack of social skills, it was one of those annoying books that I wanted to rip up and re-write. Sorry.
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