Make It So You Don't Have to Fake It!: 55 Fast-Acting Strategies for Long-Lasting Success

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Summary: Common Sense Sisterly advice
Review: I like Patricia Fripp. I sense she is a smart, genuine person with real heart, and has lots of valuable experience to share with other people who meet the public for a living. I'm sure she'd be great fun to have dinner with. That said, nothing in this short book runs very deep, centered as it is around business anecdotes and focusing on sales, but if you want some idea of how this little English hairdresser achieved success in the American business world as a public speaker and sales coach, this is a quick, painless way to get that idea. Though she quotes her brother a few times (guitar legend Robert), I wouldn't expect this book to give you much insight into his thinking.

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Summary: Excellent for Public Speakers
Review: In all her offerings she is candid, funny, and brilliant in sharing the secrets of public speaking and becoming a successful entrepreneur, which she learned, not in the long, tedious process of earning an MBA, but as a hair-dresser in San Francisco for fifteen years. She asked pertinent questions as she cut the hair of successful business men and women, and she figured out how to apply them to her own life and dreams. And you can too, as she takes you, step-by-encouraging step into the How To of fulfilling your own dreams. She is currently the first woman President of the 4,000 member National Speakers Association. As the winner of every one of the awards the Association offers, she is designated a "speakers' speaker" and generously shares her tips of the trade in her fascinating books, CD's, speeches and on her website. No public speaker should miss her works, and you'll love her charming British accent.

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Summary: Get ready to be motivated
Review: Very easy read (definitely in 1 sitting for me). Personally, I like books that get to the point quickly and does not ramble on and on. Great anecdotes that make the point. Patricia has a very friendly tone and her cheerleader personality comes through without sounding fake. She is a true believer in herself and shares with her reader SPECIFIC WAYS to do the same. The book does not apply only to people in the sales profession. If you are just waiting around to get recognized or promoted, this book is definitely for you.