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Are Your Lights On?: How to Figure Out What the Problem Really is (Paperback)

by Donald C. Gause (Author), Gerald M. Weinberg (Author)
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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Co Inc.,U.S. (1 Mar 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0932633161
  • ISBN-13: 978-0932633163
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"This is one of the funniest, yet helpful books in print. The authors do a great job in making difficulties into anecdotes while providing helpful and valuable advice."

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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but irritating!, 9 April 2001
By S. Darlington (London, England) - See all my reviews
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I'm in two minds about this book.

On the one hand, it has lots of useful information in it. It splits any problem into parts that you can solve separately, such as what is the real problem, whose problem is it really and do you really want to solve it at all?

It all sounds a bit obvious, but that's true of anything you do subconsciously every day. It should get you to look at problems in a new way.

And it does, which is very good.

What's not so good -- and knocks two stars off a book that was heading for five stars at this point -- is the writing style.

It sounds like it's been written for children. If you can read this section heading without feeling nauseous you may enjoy the book: "PETER PIGEONHOLE PREPARED A PETITION".

I couldn't. It took me nearly two months to finish this book, despite the aforementioned useful content. And it's not because I'm a slow reader!

In summary, if the style doesn't put you off this is probably a good book. However, if you're older than about ten you may prefer Conceptual Blockbusting, which covers the subject in much more detail too.

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