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Summary: Work of Genius!
Review: Nowhere have I seen psychological secrets to control and influence every situation put together in one easy to follow book! I have tried several of the secrets that David sites in his book and they work! This book is a work of genius and anyone can instantly put the secrets to use. Cody Horton - Author of "Consciously Creating Wealth" and "The High Magic of India".
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Summary: Self defeating!
Review: In Chapter 7, "The Six-Star Test to See if Someone is a True Friend," David Lieberman says about Loyalty: "Tell a secret about a mutual friend and see if it gets back to him or her. True friends know the value of trust in a relationship. Just make sure that you get the permission of your friend to tell her secret ot this other person."For someone who is trying to establish trust, doing such a manipulative, underhanded thing is hardly trustworthy behavior that will enable one to build a sound and lasting friendship - permission or not. Being a true friend is about giving, not about testing and conspiring. Being vulnerable to someone is one of the risks of establishing a friendship - I'd rather find out the hard way that I misjudged someone than sink to the sneaky and contemptible nadir that Lieberman suggests. Incidentally, my teenaged children were equally horrified by Lieberman's "techniques."
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Summary: Don't buy if your looking for answers
Review: This book left me asking lots of questions after i read it. I hoped that it would give me some ideas but instead it left me asking questions. The chapters are short and to the point and give no clue on why these patterns/techniques work or if they work. All hype and filler.... Dont believe everything you read. The title mislead me and i bought it. So i guess you can get anyone to do anything.
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Summary: Powerhouse system for fantastic personal power
Review: I enjoyed exploring ten years of NLP and other allied fields of behavioral sciences. My fondess for the topic allowed me to discover books penned by esteemed men such as O'Conner, Bandler, Cialdini and even Milton Erickson. What I easily observed from some of these weighter tomes is that the systems they espoused were largely culture and language bound. For instance, translating NLP to a foreign flavor may naturally dilute its desired impact. Ever tried structural NLP in French or Tagalog? It'll short-circuit your mind! I picked up a copy of Get Anyone to Do Anything and I immediately found myself spell bound. Here was a system that transcends culture and language... easily empowering ANYONE to achieve magical heights of success in virtually all realms of human interaction. I thought I've seen it all, but this takes home the trophy for applicability, universality and simplicity. The author considerately broke down each major topic into digestible chunks that you will easily remember... and naturally leverage for personal power. As you casually browse through each section, you will gradually realize what you've been doing wrong all these years... and how to do them right! Learning skills on leadership, interpersonal attraction and assertiveness has never been easier. I've recommended this book to all my associates and I look forward to more books of this caliber.
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Summary: I can't believe how fast it worked...
Review: I bought this book on impulse (along with some other, unrelated books). I was on a book buying spree! And this book was definately not the first book I intended to read. But when I got home and laid all the books out on my bed it seemed to stand out from the others. Okay, I thought. I'll read a few pages of that one, even though it's not the one I want to read right now. But wham! No sooner had I started reading the first page, than I dropped the book, grabbed a pen and paper to take notes, and began reading again.. in earnest. (It was that good.) The next day, after reading only two chapters, I applied just one of the techniques in Chapter 1 (I wanted to try more but didn't feel like I got the chance). Specifically, I tried to smile at a girl who works at my gym when I came in.. but I goofed up. I'm not a big smiler, so that's not suprising. However, on the way out I tried it again and did it. She wasn't smiling when she looked up, but when she saw my grin and heard my happy, "Bye!" her whole face lit up. That's all it took. I was shocked. Man did her face brighten. And she smiled! It was like night and day (compared to all the other times I'd just kind of slinked out the gym). So I dedicded to try it again on the guy who fixes our printer at work, only this time I nailed my smile when he came in and when he left. You should have seen what it did to him. When he came in he was down, face aimed at his feet. When he left, I saw him look at me (something he never does - ever) and I hit him with a smile and said, "See ya!" His whole face just burst into a big grin. It was incredible. I mean, this guy has Never smiled at me in over a year. It may sound simple and silly, or even obvious, but if you knew me, the people I'm talking about, and their usual reactions to me.. you would be excited too! I can't wait to try more stuff tomorrow. My people skills have been wanting for a long time. I've known that. It's a problem I've been struggling to correct. Others have told me it isn't an issue. But I know me, and I know something just hasn't been right with they way people react to me. This book kind of jumped off the shelf at my when I saw it. People smile at me sometimes but I could never figure out why it wasn't all the time. Already, I have a pretty good idea why. If you want people to like you more and you don't know what to do about it or where to start, I recommend trying this book. I'm really excited about it because I know it's going to help for sure. -Dan
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: Do believe the hype, this marvelous book really does make good on its bold promises. Forcing Clive from sales to do that scene from "Deliverance" really made my day last Tuesday. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: an opposing viewpoint
Review: It seems as though some reviewers have a grudge against this book. Personally, I enjoyed it very much. I felt no need of documented studies for these techniques to make sense, most have been proven within my own experience; just a feeling of "Oh yeah, so THAT'S why that happened." Its not all that difficult. I would recommend the book to anyone. At the least, you will learn things about yourself.
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Summary: Never Feel Powerless Again
Review: I enjoyed the book, but found it to be somewhat without substance. While David Leiberman certainly has done a lot of research, I found it somewhat lacking. There are 40 chapters, each just a few pages, and 40 ideas. He takes research and studies from various places and presents them in to the reader with little or no explanation. i.e. "Want to tell if someone is nervous about anything? Look for these two signs. If they are not smiling and breathing regularly and deeply then they are not as calm as they would like you to believe! (You can tell if a person is *not* breathing regularly because you'll notice every so often he takes a deep breath to get oxygen in very quickly." This type of statement is very common in the book. No research to back it up, no background on why he "knows" this. All of the information he gives you is second or third hand. It is without context, and is written in an annoying authoritative manner - "This book contains only specific psychological tactics governing human behaviour that will let you outsmart, outthink and outmaneuver... anyone, anyplace anytime. These are carefully formulated tactics based on specific psychological principles and can be applied to any situation." He, however, does not provide any "specific psychological principals" to apply, just a laundry list of tactics to use. As such, they will be difficult to internalize, difficult to implement, and the lack of an over-riding principle doesn't allow you to veer from the examples he gives. I reccomend this book if you are a salesman looking to increase your sales and have opportunity *every day* to practice and use the techniques in this book. I can't even reccomend this book for it's bibliography because even when the people he cites are best-selling authors, he cites their works in "The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology" or another such publication. Perhaps we could get this information better by subscribing to a few of the magazines he used as reference material? In Leiberman's defense, the articles he takes his research from cover 35 years and it would be impossible for any layman to find and organize. Wherever possible, however, I would suggest you track down the originating work and refer to it. As a starting point, I reccomend Robert Cialdini's Influence. (listed in the biography as Cialdini, R. B., B. L. Green, and A. J. Rusch (1992). When tactical pronouncement of change becomes real change. The case of reciprocal persuasion. Journal of Psychology and Social Psychology, 6.")
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Summary: Simply Wonderful
Review: This is one of the greatest books I have ever read. I have already recommended it to all of my friends. The author describes simple techniques to get the things you want out of life. My favorite part is when he discusses how to find out if someone is lying, it seems like common sense, but I honestly would have never thought of that. The techniques he uses are quite easy and the book is also very easy to read. I own at least 300 books that I love and this one is at the very top of my list. If you're thinking about buying it, it is definitely worth the money.
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Summary: Much Better Than You Would Think. I HIGHLY RECCOMEND IT
Review: I've read another one of Lieberman's books and he's got a style that's very easy to read. The technqiues work very very well. The book does a nice job of cutting through the nonsense. Of your basic self-help books, this is surely a cut above the rest. I've read hundreds and this is one of the best. Not typical stuff. You will like it and get a lot out of it if you want to be able to steer situations toy uor advantage. Lots of applications.
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