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Summary: A lie for a lie, a truth for a truth
Review: This book is nothing like it sells itself--it claims to give you (in five minutes) tips on how to figure out whether people are lying to you. Instead it gives a LONG LIST of unsubstantiated, stereotypical ways people can deceive you (this guy has his Ph.D. and is getting paid for simply saying that you can tell whether people lie by whether they look directly into your eyes?).Instead, this book is filled with ways for you to try to TRICK PEOPLE into admitting they lie. In a number of places he actually tells you to LIE in order to find out if someone is LYING! For example, if you are hiring someone and suspect they are lying on their resume, you are to say that "everyone lies on their resume" and that you "admire" people with the guts to do it--then ask them how they have done it on their resume! This is the end justifying the means and unethical! There is also WAY TOO MUCH material on spouses/lovers cheating on each other. He seems obsessed with trying to uncover whether your partner is lying to you about cheating--and for most people this will only raise suspicions needlessly instead of providing solutions. The book is pretty worthless. There are a couple good (but short) comments on how dealing with your own self-esteem issues will impact how you perceive people telling you the truth. But DON'T get this book if you think it will really do what it claims to do. Instead it's a short course on how to deceive in order to find out if people are lying.
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Summary: I could have saved myself 24 years!
Review: Gee, if only I would have read this book before i met my ex...He always used to say, "Don't make me lie to you..." I hate being lied to. Partial truths and withholding is just as onerous. very entertaining and useful read. Highly recommended. The name of a good divorce lawyer, pistol lessons and this book, and you're ready to sail the matrimonial seas!
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Summary: Truth 101 or an oversimplification of the obvious
Review: I believe this author has very little real life experiences...his assertions, if not empirically supported, smack of someone who has lived in academia for the better part of their life. To assert that how people see the world is often a reflection of how they see themselves, doesn't take into consideration many people often view things in a specific way because they have seen similar patterns in people's behavior before...therefore, they're seeing what's truly going on...not that they maintain, or own, the same traits or behavior!! A good rudimentary pamphlet on lying, but not comprehensive or insightful.
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Summary: I hated to share this book with friends
Review: I didn't want them to know my newfound secrets. I loved this book. I pick it up all the time and re-read different chapters just to remind myself of the tips. I found it so insightful. It gives tips and completely explains the reasons behind them. I've caught 3 people lying to me so far after reading this book 6 months ago.
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Summary: How to deal with a weasel by becoming a mouse
Review: That is what this book should have been tittled. It gives very destructive advice and anyone who follows these methods will eventually alienate many people from his life. Basically it encourages you to become a petty liar.
I gave this book 3 stars because it's not a complete waste and if you read it with a critical eye then you can gain some useful knowledge from it.
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Summary: Not nearly as good as I thought
Review: I thought this book would give some useful advice on how to detect a lie but it's almost all common sense. Basically the books advice is that if someone looks like they're lying then they probably are. Hm. I didn't need to read 200 pages to know that.
Another major weakness is that Lieberman encourages us to lie to people in order to find out if they're telling the truth or not. Now, despite the obvious morality issues with this method, this only works well if the person in question is in fact lying to you. For example, we are told to basically accuse people of doing something in order to see their response: if the person becomes defensive and/or uncomfortable then he's probably guilty, but if the person is quick to respond and immediately denies your accusation then he's probably innocent.
Do you see where I'm going with this? If you end up accusing innocent people of things they didn't do then you end up looking like a jerk because you have made assumptions based on nothing but a hunch.
Follow the advice in this book and you'll do nothing but alienate people from your life.
Another MAJOR flaw of this book, one that annoyed me a great deal, is the Lieberman's ego. As authors often do, each new chapter starts with a quote that is supposed to be wise and enlightening but Lieberman actually quotes himself.
This guy is a sneaky liberal who should stick to training corporate scum.
I give it two stars since it helped me understand the mind of a dirtbag a little bit better.
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Summary: Liar, Liar now I know!
Review: Another great book from the author that I have come to consider one of the most enlightened professionals in the field of human behavior. Dr. David J. Lieberman, Ph.D. has written several books that have been translated into several languages and are consistently best sellers because he truly understands the psychological principles that affect us. Yet he has an easy writing style that is easy to follow and easy to understand. This is a stellar book for those wishing to understand deception and how to uncover the truth. Like all books of this type it provides a wealth of information but you have to apply this information. I decided to try practicing by using some of the techniques on the television game show "To tell the truth". While this is not the best situation because the camera often leaves the contestants and it would be better to be able to view them all at all times, it is still a good place to practice. Did it work? Well, at the beginning I was getting the right person about one third of the time. A week later I was finding out who was lying ninety percent of the time! Now that is an excellent improvement! Okay, detecting when you are being lied to is one thing. Finding out the truth can be another. Dr. Lieberman has received some criticism for this section of the book. It seems that many people have problems with some of the techniques. That is not to say that they are ineffective, they work well. Some people have problems with such things as "leading questions" or feel that you are being deceptive when you ask an open-ended question. What parent has not enjoyed the surprises that come forth after telling their child "I know what you did and it will go easier on you if you just confess now". Of course the child is wondering what thing that the parent knows about because they want to confess to the thing they know about and get a lesser punishment. But they don't want to confess to things the parent doesn't know about. To have a problem with doing the same thing puts one in the position of having to defend the idea that something that is wrong to do with adults is okay with children because they are somehow less deserving of respect. Or, perhaps, an adult who is lying to you is more deserving of respect than a child who is being honest with you. Not a position that I would want to be in. Well, if you still have a problem with some of the techniques of getting to the truth then you can just try confronting them with the lies that you have uncovered. Remember that I successfully moved my ability to detect lies from one third to ninety percent just by using the information and not interacting with the person on the television at all. All I had to do was watch them and listen to what they said. I thought that it was great that he also included a chapter on being our own worst enemy... when we lie to ourselves. In summary, it is a highly recommended book and very useful. It details why you should suspect lying in various circumstances and how to confirm those suspicions. Is it effective? Yes. However, if you are dealing with a problem of a friend, co-worker or someone else that you have to deal with on a regular basis lying to you then I would recommend a couple of additional books to help you confront them diplomatically and maintain the relationship. One would be "Words that Hurt, Words that Heal" and the other would be "Get Anyone to Do Anything".
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Summary: Excellent guide for coping with deception
Review: David J. Lieberman is a Ph.D. in psychology who speaks and consults on Neural-Dynamic Analysis, a short-term therapy technique he created. He has also written two other books: Get Anyone to Do Anything and Never Feel Powerless Again, and Instant Analysis. This 205-page book has no index, bibliography or references, but the suggestions Dr. Lieberman offers are for the most part very valid according to other sources I've read discussing deception. Dr. Lieberman writes in a clear, direct, easy-to-understand style, making it enjoyable to learn about all the ways people can lie, cheat and connive. He teaches you how to spot deception through observing body language, contradictions in speech, and the person's psychological profile. He also provides a list of general indicators of deceit and teaches you how to get beyond lies and get the truth out of people. I highly recommend this book for everyone. Lies are something we all encounter every day, and this book can help you avoid their negative effects.
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Summary: Lie and deceive your way to the truth!
Review: This book does what it claims to do: it helps you find out whether you're being lied to, and it teaches you how to find the truth. However, the book's major weakness is that the author recommends finding the truth by lying to others and manipulating them. For example, many of his techniques require the use of misleading questions. And manipulative? He teaches you how to HYPNOTIZE people so they'll do what you want! This irony ruins an otherwise effective presentation. This book cannot help you fight lying unless you yourself are a liar . . . in which case you have no reason to complain when people lie to you. Become more honest and you'll be amazed at how you seem to deal with fewer liars, for honest people gravitate to other honest people, and liars gravitate to liars.
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Summary: A book about lie detecting that really works
Review: This is a book written in a direct, no-nonsense style that is typical of Lieberman's other work which I find very refreshing. So far, I have only read a portion of the books that describes the clues that indicate when a person is likely to be lying. Sure enough, I have the information to be extrememly accurate, and I have in fact been able to successfully use the information presented in his book to determine when people have been lying to me. I look forward to reading the rest of his book to apply the other techniques to my life as well.
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