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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Well written and appropriate for the holidays
5 Dec 2006
Format:Hardcover
Every year holidays get more and more demanding and less and less fun. Richard Carlson has welcome advice for getting through it all a lot happier than we have in the past and a little closer to those warm and fuzzy feelings we expect from this time of year than we usually get. Although there is little in the book that is surprising or new, it is presented in convenient little segments in a wonderfully readable form. The author presents the material using his own experiences and those of others to illustrate his points in each chapter and does so succinctly and with great sense of humor. I found the book a delight and read it from cover to cover in about two hours. I expect to monitor my own behavior and that of others around me and to re-read the appropriate chapters until I manage to succeed in getting through my holidays with a happy disposition. A good resource for everyone any day of the year when we find ourselves rehearsing unpleasant events from our days activities without generating either solutions to problems or a new way of thinking about things.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Valuable Advice--Even for an Advice Giver
1 Dec 2006
Format:Hardcover
The title and cover caught my eye in a megabookstore and although I usually read fat novels, not slim self-help books, I figured I'd sit down and dip in. I admit it: I'd been stewing about a confrontation over the holidays. Well, guess what? The advice is friendly and readable and so good that I ended up buying the book and pressing it on family members. There are a few semi-lame chapters, but basically, Carlson helps us let go of crazy nonsense and not let scrooges hijack our brain waves (especially at holiday time). If something is bothering you, he encourages you to think: Okay, I see why this is making me mad. But why is it making me so so so mad? If someone is playing victim, he helps you stop playing rescuer. If someone is acting like a turkey (his word), he helps you get him/her to act like an adult and to disengage. The funny thing is, I *am* an advice columnist myself--since 1994--for Girls' Life Magazine, but even we authors can use peptalks once in a while!
Carol Weston, author of GIRLTALK and FOR GIRLS ONLY and THE DIARY OF MELANIE MARTIN; [...]
Carol Weston, author of GIRLTALK and FOR GIRLS ONLY and THE DIARY OF MELANIE MARTIN; [...]
18 of 24 people found the following review helpful
decent but pricey
11 Nov 2006
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its a *small* collection of inspirational stories. Look at the size of the pages; roughly post-card size. And lots of white space. I enjoyed the stories, I'm not criticizing that at all. But even the discount price of $11.53 is too much for this book. So rated on what you pay for what you get, I can only give it 3 stars.
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