- Paperback: 206 pages
- Publisher: How To Books Ltd (25 Feb 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1845284577
- ISBN-13: 978-1845284572
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 342,361 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A great read...both educational and entertaining, it is colourful, thoughtprovoking, encouraging, down-to-earth and practical and will make you feel you can improve your confidence. --Sir Ranulph Fiennes
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THIS BOOK CONTAINS SOME POWERFUL, PRACTICAL, CONFIDENCE TECHNIQUES THAT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR WORK AND LIFE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
Do you want...
* MORE SOCIAL CONFIDENCE to make you more popular?
* MORE EMOTIONAL CONFIDENCE to make you more attractive?
* MORE CONFIDENCE AT WORK so you get paid more & promoted?
* CONFIDENCE TO ENJOY more adventure and excitement in your life?
* CONFIDENCE TO GRAB more life-changing opportunities?
If the answer to any of these is `Yes`, then the highly practical and realistic Don't Shoot I'm Not Well! will give you the skills and the mindset you need. The techniques in the book will help you deal with rude, bitchy & patronising people; ask women or men out; gain sexual confidence; deal with a critical partner or parent; network effectively; cope with setbacks; and more.
They are explained by someone who's used them successfully: when held at gunpoint; in a war zone; during undercover work; when making a profitable difference at major public corporations; and in many other random situations. Learning these techniques will energise and empower you, and you will enjoy the colourful, down-to-earth, no-nonsense, witty and highly effective way the book sets about teaching them to you. The book also includes case studies of real people who have used them to transform their lives. JUST SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT DON T SHOOT I M NOT WELL!:
Don t Shoot I m Not Well! is a great read that is both educational and entertaining. It is a colourful, thought-provoking, encouraging, down to earth and practical book that will make you feel you can improve your confidence. Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Explorer.
Sean's book will inspire more people to take the plunge with greater confidence. Sir James Dyson, Inventor.
Great title. Great book. And a great read on an important subject that affects all of us. Don't Shoot - I'm Not Well! is a thought-provoking, tell it as it is read that will amuse, move and motivate you to make a difference in your life. Doug Richard, Entrepreneur & ex-Dragon on BBC TV s Dragons Den.
Seán s book is a must read. Don't Shoot - I'm Not Well! is jam-packed with fascinating insights into how to develop self-confidence. It is a timely, compelling and a no-nonsense guide which is easy to follow, all based on real experiences. It has clearly been written by someone who knows what they re talking about. Nick Cameron MC MBE, ex-Sergeant in 22 SAS.
If you're serious about gaining confidence, try this book. Richard Reed, Co-Founder of Innocent Drinks.
Feeling confident about yourself and what you can achieve often makes the difference between success and failure. If reading this book can help to equip you with the tools to instil confidence within yourself and those around you, then this can only assist a positive outcome! Daisy Berkeley, Olympic, World & European equestrian medallist.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The original "Don't Shoot I'm Not Well" by Ted Bonner (1974) with anecdotes and cartoons, remains a more satisfying read, though the plethora of ( one review 5 star ) reviewers would probably disagree. A Ford Edsel of a book chugging its way thru dull and familiar scenery, propelled by high octane snake oil, on its way to Three Mile Island for a picnic consisting of Sunny Delight, 1980's New Coke, and stale Twinkies. Your fellow guests being Jeffrey Archer, Gillian McKeith and the B Movie Monster " Giant Ego from the Dull Prose Lagoon". This book tries to be funny and informative whilst also seemingly exercising the authors' ghosts concerning his own confidence. It fails in two areas and only the author will know if it succeeds in the latter.
Take the central premise of how to deal with being held at gunpoint, this is delivered with more plodding woodenness than all the Giant Redwoods in Yosemite National Park. There is no tangible practical advice, it's a "smoke and mirrors" creation with a poor joke about the Englishman Jeffry Archer followed by the author quoting, but failing to cite, Brendan Behan the Irishman who said "I was court martialed in my absence, sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence". Great line, but not the authors.
My preference in the self help genre is for books which are written using solid peer reviewed academic research, citing references, with the gold standard being an author with relevant robust and academically accepted qualifications, like Professor Richard Wiseman who has written excellent books all with solid research based on a foundation of peer reviewed evidence. However if you like your confidence tips from the Hypnotherapy/NLP/Magazine Journalism, school of self help, then this maybe for you. Personally I baulk at any sentence starting with "research shows that......" when the research, seemingly only proves the author can use Google.
The stories of human tragedy and individuals overcoming issues in their lives cannot be anything but moving, however nestling between these interesting tales of humanity are some rather odd areas for a self confidence book, which left me wondering if the author was continuing his own journey with us as unwitting passengers.
I was left uneasy by:
* The author berating his former lecturer in front of a new intake of journalists, once the author had decided he had "made it" to the big time.
* Discussing an ex workmates sexual advances and body odour. It read more like unwarranted back biting than simple advice
* The author as a young man dishing out advice on personal relationships to his colleagues. Fortunate co-workers?
* Dubious and dated advice on relationships.
* References to the authors own survey cause me concern. Fine for a magazine article but hardly scientific unless the research is properly explained. I would forgive this in a magazine but not a book. This could be a survey sent out to friends, family and a mailing list. We never really find out how scientific the research was.
Barbara Ehrenreich in her book "Smile or Die" written about the self help industry, commented that some motivational speakers on the self help bandwagon write books to fuel their speaking engagements and use their speaking engagements to drive book sales. I now understand the point she was making.
Take the central premise of how to deal with being held at gunpoint, this is delivered with more plodding woodenness than all the Giant Redwoods in Yosemite National Park. There is no tangible practical advice, it's a "smoke and mirrors" creation with a poor joke about the Englishman Jeffry Archer followed by the author quoting, but failing to cite, Brendan Behan the Irishman who said "I was court martialed in my absence, sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence". Great line, but not the authors.
My preference in the self help genre is for books which are written using solid peer reviewed academic research, citing references, with the gold standard being an author with relevant robust and academically accepted qualifications, like Professor Richard Wiseman who has written excellent books all with solid research based on a foundation of peer reviewed evidence. However if you like your confidence tips from the Hypnotherapy/NLP/Magazine Journalism, school of self help, then this maybe for you. Personally I baulk at any sentence starting with "research shows that......" when the research, seemingly only proves the author can use Google.
The stories of human tragedy and individuals overcoming issues in their lives cannot be anything but moving, however nestling between these interesting tales of humanity are some rather odd areas for a self confidence book, which left me wondering if the author was continuing his own journey with us as unwitting passengers.
I was left uneasy by:
* The author berating his former lecturer in front of a new intake of journalists, once the author had decided he had "made it" to the big time.
* Discussing an ex workmates sexual advances and body odour. It read more like unwarranted back biting than simple advice
* The author as a young man dishing out advice on personal relationships to his colleagues. Fortunate co-workers?
* Dubious and dated advice on relationships.
* References to the authors own survey cause me concern. Fine for a magazine article but hardly scientific unless the research is properly explained. I would forgive this in a magazine but not a book. This could be a survey sent out to friends, family and a mailing list. We never really find out how scientific the research was.
Barbara Ehrenreich in her book "Smile or Die" written about the self help industry, commented that some motivational speakers on the self help bandwagon write books to fuel their speaking engagements and use their speaking engagements to drive book sales. I now understand the point she was making.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Don't Shoot Me, was a fantastic read. Sean's style and life experience is adventureful and highly entertaining, he cleverly manages to weave his life stories with practical easy to apply tips. I particularly enjoyed the extras from guest writers (some quite surprising, including Supermodel Caprice) who also share their experiences. Sean is a gifted writer (a former journalist) this book is so easy to read, I didn't feel like it was a development book (it felt almost naughty learning in a way which was so engaging), buy it, enjoy it, learn something, apply something, do something.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Confusing confidence with smugness, aggression, creating a new world where you are right and others are wrong. This ill considered approach may invoke a process of diminishing returns, as your " confidence" increases, your friends may just quietly drift away. If you remember to add a strong dose of humility and empathy into this books advice , then you may just have a winning formula. if you are prepared to take the risk, and maybe reduce your Christmas card list!
Many of the authors own (?) anecdotes read like re framed, re imagined faded glories from years gone by, and the reader is left wondering if what is being described, really did happen as the author chooses to tell it. Embellished stories are a way to get the point across, but should at least have a foundation of believability. I do hope that berating the authors old lecturer in front of his current pupils was a schoolboy fantasy rather than reality, otherwise it is quite unpleasant.
The humour is patchy, the "Don't Shoot" anecdote, which morphs into a convoluted tale, before collapsing into an unfunny, grammatically challenged punch line, concluding with a quote from Brendan Behan, without even affording the great writer any credit. You certainly have to have confidence (or something) to lift one of Brendan's best lines and pass it off as your own. I do have to admit the leg work on this point was undertaken by another reviewer, I just checked it out for accuracy and yes, the book title has been used before by a 1970s Irish raconteur. No harm in that, it's a great title, very catchy, and it certainly caught me!
It is uncanny that so many reviewers received this book as a gift and then went onto write just the one review. I bought this book, and perhaps as I spent my own money, I am being a little critical over a largely harmless though in my opinion unbalanced and ineffective tome. Currently there are 142 better sellers in the Amazon list on self confidence, and I wish I had picked a different one to buy. Confidence is not arrogance and smugness, and this book does not help you to understand this key point. Village charity shop, here I come!
Many of the authors own (?) anecdotes read like re framed, re imagined faded glories from years gone by, and the reader is left wondering if what is being described, really did happen as the author chooses to tell it. Embellished stories are a way to get the point across, but should at least have a foundation of believability. I do hope that berating the authors old lecturer in front of his current pupils was a schoolboy fantasy rather than reality, otherwise it is quite unpleasant.
The humour is patchy, the "Don't Shoot" anecdote, which morphs into a convoluted tale, before collapsing into an unfunny, grammatically challenged punch line, concluding with a quote from Brendan Behan, without even affording the great writer any credit. You certainly have to have confidence (or something) to lift one of Brendan's best lines and pass it off as your own. I do have to admit the leg work on this point was undertaken by another reviewer, I just checked it out for accuracy and yes, the book title has been used before by a 1970s Irish raconteur. No harm in that, it's a great title, very catchy, and it certainly caught me!
It is uncanny that so many reviewers received this book as a gift and then went onto write just the one review. I bought this book, and perhaps as I spent my own money, I am being a little critical over a largely harmless though in my opinion unbalanced and ineffective tome. Currently there are 142 better sellers in the Amazon list on self confidence, and I wish I had picked a different one to buy. Confidence is not arrogance and smugness, and this book does not help you to understand this key point. Village charity shop, here I come!
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If you lack confidence then this is the book for you. It is a practical, well written guide with plenty of tips, examples and a clear action plan to get you back on track. Read more
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Refreshes the parts other confidence books don't reach
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A fascinating but easy read written with humour and intelligence throughout. Inspiring? Probably, Entertaining? Definitely, Uplifting? Yes, why not? Definitely worth buying.
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