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Communicating that works! Practical, specific guide to effective communicating gives you the word skills you need to negotiate, resolve conflict, cope with verbal abuse, and cut through verbal logjams.
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B. S. is not simply a lie or a line. It's any language,even "good" language like promises or claimed facts,that can cause you trouble if you don't know how to handle it.
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Relationship gurus tell us that
to be happy, successful, we
must redo our definitions of
ourselves and situations, must
negotiate, must learn how to deal
with misleading words, and must
learn healthy responses to verbal abuse.
This good advice is like the rule
for succeeding in the stock market ---
Buy Low, Sell High. Absolutely correct,
but the trick is how to do it!
B. S. Detecting shows you how.
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Excerpts from reviews:
B. S. Detecting is a great book! Filled with
communication facts that make you laugh out
loud because the author is talking about
someone you know, and then think, "Hmm...
I never looked at it that way before."
The book's filled to the brim with the tools
you need to recognize B.S., understand why
it's being shoveled at you, and deal with the
person holding the shovel in an appropriate
manner.
This book offers usable, effective tips on
dealing with stereotyping, racism, sexism, and
the manipulation in advertisements. You learn
how to control your own B. S., and learn the skills
needed to teach your children the same.
This is definitely a must have for EVERYONE!
Lisa Hurley, Tracy's Eastgate Reviews. 5 Stars!
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Nearly every page presents ideas that move you to think, "I
should do that!" "I wish I'd said that yesterday!" "Now there's
a great idea!'
Called a "word-survival guide for real life," this book teaches
exactly what it claims: how the words we use and hear lead or
mislead, connect or alienate, persuade or intimidate, and heal
or hurt all of us.
Author Mary Thompson writes from experience, including
teaching at Southern Methodist University and working with
master wordspinners in New York City public relations firms.
Pointing out that "we get gobbledygook and error messages
all the time," the author gives readers clear, practical, specific
guides to communicating more effectively.
Among the 16 chapters: "What do you mean, he loves you?"
"Who started the fight?" "Loaded language characters,"
"Says who?" "Logically speaking," and "Said How?"
The book's well-written, fun to read, and worth returning to
repeatedly for additional insights. Valuable and interesting
reading! Highly recommended. 5 stars.
Leon Fletcher, author of How to Speak Like a Pro, How to
Design and Deliver Speeches, and many articles and texts on
effective communicating.
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Mary Thompson
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Some reader reactions:
"This book was written for me!" "Wish
I'd had this before my first marriage!"
"If I'd had this earlier, it would have saved
me so much trouble!"
"Mary, did you tap my phone?"
"There are a zillion self-help books
out there that promise to be The One.
Halfway through, they disappoint ----
But BSD delivers!"
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B. S. Detecting is a defense manual for the everyday person. This is a genuinely useful "how to" book for situations that often baffle, mislead, and hurt us.
The use of colors to identify the moods and feelings behind words gives an easy-to-remember way to "fix" word skills in our minds. Introduced gradually to the nuts and bolts of the "word war," we learn the system of "infobasing" to sort out B. S. from the reliable.
Addressing varied situations in every phase of our lives, the author shows how to protect ourselves from all kinds of B.S. artists.
However, this is no weighty tome of rules and regulations. It's interactive, with each chapter's method of word analysis clearly explained.
Control of language is power! These skills can improve your life and your peace of mind. 5 Stars.
Tess Allegra, ScribesWorldReviews.com.
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B. S. Detecting is a treasury of information everybody needs to know about how language can be used or misused, whether intentionally or obliviously. It gives solid advice for discerning whether a person will be a trustworthy and compatible mate, and tells how to deal with communication problems. It gives practical tools to mediate disagreements. Unless you are a hermit with zero contact with any and all other human beings, B. S. Detecting is an absolute must read!
THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, Small Press Section, Feb. 2005
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At Amazon.com
and BarnesandNoble.com
ISBN 1-932211-10-1
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365 pages plus bibliography,
paperback. $15.95 US
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more info at Publisher's page,
thelighthousepress.com
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New for 2004, 2nd edition
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