Don't be passive! Don't be aggressive! Be assertive! Be a people person! Fine-tune your social and communication skills to: improve your relationships at home and at work; widen your circle of friends; combat shyness and social anxiety; increase your chances of success at dating; resolve situations of conflict and handle criticism; negotiate successfully; and, outwit bullies and protect yourself from put-downs.
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Easily applicable to real-life situations... advice you remember for the rest of your life. -- BIG ISSUE Cymru, December 2005
clear advice... the content is wide ranging... a versatile and
inexpensive addition to your bookshelf -- Newscheck magazine
clear advice... the content is wide ranging... a versatile and
inexpensive addition to your bookshelf -- Newscheck magazine
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Marianna's books are written to help people as she has always had an interest in psychology and, most particularly, social psychology. She has worked as a houseparent in a residential international sixth form college, being involved in the pastoral care of 48 16-20 year-olds, for six years and gaining valuable counselling skills and much insight into the problems facing this age group. Her books are all practical in nature and very complete requiring no further research even for discussion questions. Although her early books are aimed at adults helping children and young people, she is moving on to books that help adults and young people develop themselves - How to be a People Person is the result. She believes that those of us that have the means, should help and support those around us that are less advantaged than ourselves in whatever way. We should treat every person with respect and try to reserve judgement, especially when of personalities or experiences we don't understand. Marianna believes we all need a helping hand at times and hopes, through her books, to help others either directly because they have read the books themselves or indirectly because someone else has read the books and has used the ideas to help them.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By Delia
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I bought this book for my students who work with people and encounter many of the scenarios that the author highlights.
It was not only a fantastic reference for so many situations, both common and uncommon, but also very accessible. There is less of the academic language and more of the down to earth language that people can relate to on a day to day basis. This book is both practical and accessible to all, whatever you think your people skills are already.
It was not only a fantastic reference for so many situations, both common and uncommon, but also very accessible. There is less of the academic language and more of the down to earth language that people can relate to on a day to day basis. This book is both practical and accessible to all, whatever you think your people skills are already.
51 of 54 people found the following review helpful
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This book has helped me a lot. Having had a pretty isolated and difficult childhood and adolescence, I'd grown into an adult desperate to be accepted and yet isolated, unable to communicate effectively or be assertive. I simply didn't know how. Since reading this book, I've come to understand how to change from being passive to being assertive, and when to be aggressive. My fear of being isolated made me afraid to assert myself, to speak up. I stuttered, spoke hesitantly, head-bent... It was terrific to see all my behaviour described by a total stranger - so precisely - in this book! And to have passages and passages on how to fix it. I didn't even know there was a term for my behaviour ('passive' / 'passive-aggressive'). To know that there was a way forward...! It was very reassuring. 'How to be a people person helped me understand the methods people use to get what they want and how to win their respect and appreciation (and how to protect myself from bullying). I was refused promotion because of my inability to assert myself and to lead a team. Heck, as the book says, inability to communicate effectively is the biggest problem of the passive mind. The book tells me how to correct that and I think Marianna Csoti is one cool and fabulous human being for taking the time to write down her excellent tips. I'm applying them daily and feel really so much liberated and sure of myself where-ever the leaves may fall. I am me and proud to be...everyday. There's still a lot of work to do on me, but this book has given me a wonderful headstart
By Rob
Format:Paperback
I thought this book to be full of the 'bleeding obvious' as Basil Faulty would say. Nothing original or enlightening to be found between the covers. The fact that this book seems to regularly pop up in charity shops says it all really.
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