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Every day we are issued with new directives from those who are trying to run our lives and grim news about the recession is beamed at us constantly. On top of that, we work longer hours, so we increasingly enlist helpers to manage the home we hardly spend any time in. We're also snowed under by conflicting advice for the myriad of decisions to be made - do we buy vegetables that have been flown half way round the world, or let peasant farmers go bust as we cut down on our air miles? The list seems endless, and confusing. It's enough to drive you round the bend - but there's no point in letting it get to you. This book is your guide to keeping your spirits up, cutting through it all and deciding what rules you're going to live your life by, on your terms, and forget everyone else. To achieve your goal of smiling through the credit crisis, it's time to learn some new rules. In this new book from Janet Street-Porter, her tips and wisdom will help you make changes and adapt to the new regime of our world today. Take a deep breath, decide what you won't bother doing any more and substitute activities that give you pleasure and make your limited resources go further. The book's many chapters help you navigate through life with the right attitude in order to really be in charge. Red Tape focuses on negotiating your way through rules and regulations from councils to insurance brokers. Money tells you how to get your bank working for you instead of the other way around and gives advice on how to budget according to your lifestyle without stifling the good stuff. Forget the old way of doing things: an A-Z of the new social strategy for new circumstances advises on everything from giving presents to dumping your partner. And Mumbo Jumbo translates the boring and convoluted speak of politicians, health officials, and supermarket labelling into plain English for the rest of us. Life is a journey and we're experiencing a bumpy patch - but if you think creatively and stick to your guns, there's no reason why you shouldn't emerge from it unscathed and a great deal happier.
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Janet Street-Porter s successful career in the media spans nearly 40 years. Starting as a columnist on the Daily Mail at the age of 21, she then wrote for many national newspapers and magazines including the Observer, the Telegraph, the London Evening Standard, Vogue and Harpers. She edited the Independent on Sunday for two years. She currently writes regular weekly columns for the Independent on Sunday and the Daily Mail, and was short listed as columnist of the year in the 2007 press awards. She helped to launch commercial radio in the UK with a daily show on LBC, and went on to devise and present hundreds of television programmes for ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC. She has won a BAFTA for originality and the Prix Italia for Arts programming. In 2004 Janet wrote and presented a successful one-woman show at the Edinburgh Festival, which then toured the UK. She has written two volumes of memoirs, Baggage and Fallout. She appears in a wide range of television programming, from I m a Celebrity... in 2004, to regular appearances on Question Time and GMTV, Deadline for ITV2 and So you think you can Teach for Five, as well as documentaries for Sky. She has been a regular contributor in four series of C4 s F Word, as well as Grand Designs Live. Last year, her abrasive guide to coping with modern living, Life s Too F***ing Short, was a bestseller. Janet is Vice President of the Ramblers Association, as well as a Trustee of the Science Museum, and in 2009 she was awarded an MA from UCA (University for the Creative Arts).
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When I think of Janet Street-Porter, I envisage a no-nonsense, straight speaking, ballsy, successful woman. I've never really known what to make of her, but I have always respected how strident and sure she is of her personal and professional achievements.
Due to these facts, I was eager to read "Don't Let The B*****ds Get You Down" because I knew it would be a sensible and dry approach to self help culture. I was not disappointed. Elements of this book made me laugh out aloud as she has written the book, exactly how she would speak the information to you. Regarding political correctness gone mad, Janet Street-Porter says all the things I hear people say everyday and sets the record straight in a witty and sensible fashion. For the most part, I actually felt that she might have listened to my daily rants and plucked the thoughts staight from my mind.
The government has bred generations of people that cannot do anything without being instructed to do so by the authorites or the government themselves. This has signalled the end of common sense for the forseeable future and element by element, Janet busts myths and reassures the reader that they can in fact get through their lives without the `safety' of guidance from those running the country.
My favourite part is the fabulous `useful addresses' bit at the back. I love anything that helps me do something for myself or helps me to streamline my life for the better. I'll be sure to make use of most of these links at a later date.
This book is the only self-help book you should ever read. It's a brutually honest assessment and verbal shake-up/wake up; slapping down hysterical people and the hysteria caused by unfounded claims from the media.
Due to these facts, I was eager to read "Don't Let The B*****ds Get You Down" because I knew it would be a sensible and dry approach to self help culture. I was not disappointed. Elements of this book made me laugh out aloud as she has written the book, exactly how she would speak the information to you. Regarding political correctness gone mad, Janet Street-Porter says all the things I hear people say everyday and sets the record straight in a witty and sensible fashion. For the most part, I actually felt that she might have listened to my daily rants and plucked the thoughts staight from my mind.
The government has bred generations of people that cannot do anything without being instructed to do so by the authorites or the government themselves. This has signalled the end of common sense for the forseeable future and element by element, Janet busts myths and reassures the reader that they can in fact get through their lives without the `safety' of guidance from those running the country.
My favourite part is the fabulous `useful addresses' bit at the back. I love anything that helps me do something for myself or helps me to streamline my life for the better. I'll be sure to make use of most of these links at a later date.
This book is the only self-help book you should ever read. It's a brutually honest assessment and verbal shake-up/wake up; slapping down hysterical people and the hysteria caused by unfounded claims from the media.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
what a wonderful little book, loads of advice on how to cope in the 21st century, but with a humorous twist.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Overall this is a very fun, light hearted, uplifting read. It is packed with observations and guidance for living a happier life through simple advice. It is not preachy at all but makes sense. The colourful vibrant design and layout of the book makes for a delightful read with wonderful photographs and illustrations accompanying the main verse.
I would thoroughly recommend this to other and I will be buying Janets other books.
I would thoroughly recommend this to other and I will be buying Janets other books.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good Read!!
This book puts everything into propective. Janet is a great read and would recomend it to anyone as it will put a smile on your face!! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sarah Barnes-Bailey
Very fast delivery. Thank you!
Haven't read it yet but if it's anything like her other book, 'Life's too f*&*^ing short', then I'm sure it's going to be great. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tinkerska
If I could give no stars and write a review - I would
I started this book and had hoped for an informative giggle. I gave up and put it in the bin.
It's a book of badly informed opinions from someone who has a surprisingly... Read more
It's a book of badly informed opinions from someone who has a surprisingly... Read more
Published 7 months ago by N L
Great reading
Loved this book so much but wish it did not have to end it really made me feel so much better about life and her way of writing is so funny would recommend it to anyone
Published 13 months ago by Mrs. K. Bell
Brilliant
Not much of a reader myself but this was brilliant read it in 2 days .Everyone should go back to basics.Love jsp
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Published 15 months ago by pc
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