Same Words Different Language: Why Men and Women Don't Understand Each Other and What to Do About It

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Summary: Great learning experience - Actionable material
Review: Barbara is so dead on. I said to my wife when I finished: "If I had written a business book on gender, this would be what I'd want to write." It's straightforward. Practical. What I think is most important in the book is that she doesn't talk down, as if business people need excessively simplistic ideas. Barbara lets herself be wise. Also, the writing style makes it very easy to read.

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Summary: Barbara is Dead On
Review: Barbara is so dead on. I said to my wife when I finished: "If I had written a business book on gender, this would be what I'd want to write." It's straightforward. Practical. What I think is most important in the book is that she doesn't talk down, as if business people need excessively simplistic ideas. Barbara lets herself be wise. Also, the writing style makes it very easy to read.

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Summary: not on a xmas like for an avid reader
Review: I am just a housewife and confess I don't always understand these things. This was way easy to understand. Maybe too simple in its appraoch. Not worth the price tag. I finiashed it without the practical tools I was promised to carry away with it. A few anecdotes to try and make the author look knowledgable but I was left unimpressed for whatever that is worth. My used copy is for sale - very cheap.

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Summary: book doesn't warrant the recent enthusiasm
Review: The last few reviews on the same day in december makes me quiery whether the critics actually spent time reading this frothy airy drivel in some sort of joint self congratualory circle. Not the kind of book I would recommend to my students or anyone else seriously interested in substance over folklore and trivia. Wrapped up in a marketable package but the reader would be better off looking at the more serious writers in this area. And there are plenty. Jump over this one abnd look to Dobert' or even the pop psych books to get a more even handling of this popular issue.

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Summary: book doesn't warrant the recent enthusiasm
Review: The last few reviews on the same day in december makes me quiery whether the critics actually spent time reading this frothy airy drivel in some sort of joint self congratualory circle. Not the kind of book I would recommend to my students or anyone else seriously interested in substance over folklore and trivia. Wrapped up in a marketable package but the reader would be better off looking at the more serious writers in this area. And there are plenty. Jump over this one abnd look to Dobert' or even the pop psych books to get a more even handling of this popular issue.

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Summary: doesn't live up to its potential
Review: The target for this book purported to include an audience of everyone who lives with or works with the opposite sex indicating to the buyer that this book should be read by everyone to assist in the communication problems between men and women. It shouldn't and it quite simply does not. I was disappointed to read a trite but quickly read book that justified and provides quick solutions to contentious and tough issues between people. The book lacked a more sophisticated analysis that this subject deserves. Instead it was a breezy read, superficially attributing hurt feelings and communication hurdles to gender differences. I would pass on this and look at Gender differences in communication by Dr. Kay Payne if interested in a more thoughtful and hard hitting analysis of this subject.

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Summary: This book is amazing!!!
Review: There are a number of books in this area that will provide a more comprehensive review and answers. I was disappointed in this book. Instead look at discussions in Dr. Lydia Meunier's Gender and Lasnguage Use, The Pary Line by Rachel Rafelman or Deborah Tannen's You just don't understand.

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Summary: Great learning experience - Actionable material
Review: This book answered a lot of questions I didn't even know I had. It has given me a much better prospective on how the different sexes think and act. I am now using this information every day at both work and at home, with improved results. This book not only points out the differences, but explains why we think differently and how to use this information to interact. A must read for succeeding at work and at home.