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July 21, 2013
A must have pocket guide for every occasion. Nothing magical or philosophical, but pure sense and logic.
You thought you were an extrovert? Well, think again !
You used to be the apple of eye in your high-school, not so much now ?
Only thing stopping you is you.
You thought you were an extrovert? Well, think again !
You used to be the apple of eye in your high-school, not so much now ?
Only thing stopping you is you.
May 4, 2014
Let's start with the good news. The networking advice in this book is sound. There is a structure that presents it logically. But that's all the positives I could find here.
Now the bad news. The clumsy and overly simplistic writing style robs the author of any real authority. There's no flair - it reads more like notes for a longer, better version. The writer keeps swapping between second and third person, there are lots of grammar and punctuation errors, several rather obvious typos, and he spells "extravert" incorrectly, using an "o" instead of an "a". Some people may think that is trivial, but nobody will take you seriously if you can't even get your terms right in your own field. Would anyone listen to me if I wote a book on kemis-tree?
The text is chock full of assumptions and generalizations about introverts, most of which appear to be based on stereotypes. As somebody with a psychology background and an introvert myself, I know for a fact that many of these are, quite frankly, not true. For example, he completely misses the idea that introverts are not always introverted 24/7 and that it tends to be a preference rather than a consistent behavior. He also assumes that most introverts will be in isolated jobs like technical writer, then recommends business networking for them. I have worked as a tech writer and never needed to attend networking events - where is the logic? Some of the advice does not help introverts at all: for example, what introvert can just start telling humorous stories? The introverts reading this would do better to attend courses in social skills where they will actually learn real practical skills instead of trying to interpret some vague instruction.
Probably the worst sin that any writer of any non-fiction work can commit is to omit citations. This book contains NONE. Although he states a lot of "facts", there is absolutely no evidence to back any of it up. There aren't even any recommendations for further reading!
Like I said earlier, this reads like notes for a longer, better version. If the author could be bothered to fix it up and make it like a proper book - edit it, add citations, write properly, and get his facts right, then it might actually be good. As it stands at the moment, I can't recommend it.
Now the bad news. The clumsy and overly simplistic writing style robs the author of any real authority. There's no flair - it reads more like notes for a longer, better version. The writer keeps swapping between second and third person, there are lots of grammar and punctuation errors, several rather obvious typos, and he spells "extravert" incorrectly, using an "o" instead of an "a". Some people may think that is trivial, but nobody will take you seriously if you can't even get your terms right in your own field. Would anyone listen to me if I wote a book on kemis-tree?
The text is chock full of assumptions and generalizations about introverts, most of which appear to be based on stereotypes. As somebody with a psychology background and an introvert myself, I know for a fact that many of these are, quite frankly, not true. For example, he completely misses the idea that introverts are not always introverted 24/7 and that it tends to be a preference rather than a consistent behavior. He also assumes that most introverts will be in isolated jobs like technical writer, then recommends business networking for them. I have worked as a tech writer and never needed to attend networking events - where is the logic? Some of the advice does not help introverts at all: for example, what introvert can just start telling humorous stories? The introverts reading this would do better to attend courses in social skills where they will actually learn real practical skills instead of trying to interpret some vague instruction.
Probably the worst sin that any writer of any non-fiction work can commit is to omit citations. This book contains NONE. Although he states a lot of "facts", there is absolutely no evidence to back any of it up. There aren't even any recommendations for further reading!
Like I said earlier, this reads like notes for a longer, better version. If the author could be bothered to fix it up and make it like a proper book - edit it, add citations, write properly, and get his facts right, then it might actually be good. As it stands at the moment, I can't recommend it.
July 28, 2013
I rebel strongly against people who talk about introversion as if it were a disease or handicap. Brown comes across to me that way even though he states multiple times that introversion is not bad, just different. Thus, my low rating may be partially fueled by bias. However, there's really not a whole lot new in this book, not a whole lot helpful, and very little that wouldn't be good for anyone to put into practice. In stars ��1.5 � nope, didn't like it. Glad I got it free.
July 27, 2014
short shitty book, gives pretty much obvious things:
for networking events, dress for success, dont' apply too much colonge
be positive, smile.
at office, introverts can be as good as extro-s. INTROVERT is not social disease, not to be ashamed of, not psychology disorder! - yes, i know that before the book.
useless shit
for networking events, dress for success, dont' apply too much colonge
be positive, smile.
at office, introverts can be as good as extro-s. INTROVERT is not social disease, not to be ashamed of, not psychology disorder! - yes, i know that before the book.
useless shit
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