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Summary: Things I needed to learn
Review: I really needed to hear some suggestions on developing/maintaining and nuturing friendships. This book was more than I could have hoped for at a time in my life when I needed friends the most and didn't seem to have any. It gave me the tools I needed to do just that and more. I'm finding it fun to work on "Knights At My Round Table." I'm learning how to develop friendships with all different types of people - people I really like who may not necessarily like each other.
Leil shares some very personal experiences in her book - experiences that are only printed words to people who have not gone through them. She talks about the importance of having friends during these times. Friends who do things for you without asking "why or how." Friends who help us live our lives when we have trouble remembering how.
I'll never be without friends now after reading this book. It's helped to change my life and see what's most important to me in addition to my immediate family.
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Summary: Excellent Guide
Review: I think that Lowndes does an excellent job at identifying those common pitfalls that people often find themselves in over and over again without realizing it. It is a clear roadmap of action to avoid making the same mistakes that everyone, from time to time, does make with others. There is no one that could not benefit from reading this book at least once. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Excellent Guide
Review: I think that Lowndes does an excellent job at identifying those common pitfalls that people often find themselves in over and over again without realizing it. It is a clear roadmap of action to avoid making the same mistakes that everyone, from time to time, does make with others. There is no one that could not benefit from reading this book at least once. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Excellent Guide
Review: I think that this book is a great tool for people who need to consciously change certain behavioral patterns which are not working for them well enough. Leil Lowndes clearly identifies such common pitfalls that virtually all people run into; there is no one at all who could not benefit from reading this book at least once!
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Summary: Excellent Guide
Review: I think that this book is a great tool for people who need to consciously change certain behavioral patterns which are not working for them well enough. Leil Lowndes clearly identifies such common pitfalls that virtually all people run into; there is no one at all who could not benefit from reading this book at least once!
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Summary: This book should be required reading!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book by Leil Lowndes. Through vivid examples (backed by research studies) and stories from her own fascinating life, she tells the reader HOW to truly be a fantastic friend and HOW to attract & KEEP wonderful people in your life. The book serves as a mirror- it helps you to look at your current patterns, and challenges you to make changes in your life. Leil brings to focus several small elements in life that many people gloss over...by understanding the significance of these details, you can build deeper and more fulfilling friendships. After talking non-stop about how great this book is- I've leant it out to several buddies....they are all huge Leil fans now too! I've also truly enjoyed her other books "Updating" and "How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships."
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Summary: Makes things up
Review: Its an easy read and an entertaining book. However, it is hilarious when she talks about "In Japan...mothers will never tell their daughter that what they did was wrong....they just look at them and say 'uh oh...we have a booboo here' or something or the other." I am Japanese, and my mom would smack me upside the top of my head if I did something bad. I wish she would not make stuff up like this. Also, the contracts with ourselves are lame. If anybody saw me making those contracts with myself I would be the laughing stock of Nevada. This is the first "feel good about yourself" book I've read, and probably the last. Once a lifetime is enough...most of the info in there is info that most people have heard from word of mouth sometime in their lives already. Nothing new, and I haven't even read any other similar books!...
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Summary: Makes things up
Review: Its an easy read and an entertaining book. However, it is hilarious when she talks about "In Japan...mothers will never tell their daughter that what they did was wrong....they just look at them and say 'uh oh...we have a booboo here' or something or the other." I am Japanese, and my mom would smack me upside the top of my head if I did something bad. I wish she would not make stuff up like this. Also, the contracts with ourselves are lame. If anybody saw me making those contracts with myself I would be the laughing stock of Nevada. This is the first "feel good about yourself" book I've read, and probably the last. Once a lifetime is enough...most of the info in there is info that most people have heard from word of mouth sometime in their lives already. Nothing new, and I haven't even read any other similar books!...
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Summary: Fluffy reading
Review: The material in this book is somehow intriguing and indeed useful. What drags it down is the author's style, which is somewhere between gossip and hairdresser's conversation.
It's a pity that a lot of energies are spent digging into the countless fluff to get to the bottom line, which, as said before, is not bad.
An advice? Read only the summary boxes in every chapter: you'll get a downhill ride throughout the book in 30 minutes to 1 hr (depending on your inspired thoughts).
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Summary: Nothing that hasn't been said before
Review: There isn't much in People Magnet that hasn't already been written in numerous books and magazine articles before. The book is aimed at both sexes, but the pink and white cover will probably put off most male readers, who will dismiss it as aimed at the female market (and wouldn't be caught dead reading such an effeminate-looking book).Lowndes' style is easygoing and a good quick read, but so was Dale Carnegie's "How To Win Friends And Influence People," and that was first published in 1937. Lowndes is able to take advantage of more recent studies in male/female interpersonal studies, but there's not much new ground covered here. People Magnet is like any other book in its category (or any diet book, for that matter); if you follow the guidelines, you stand a good chance of achieving the goals you seek. If you don't, then the book gathers dust and you've wasted your money.
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