Talking with Confidence for the Painfully Shy: How to Overcome Nervousness

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Talking with Confidence for the Painfully Shy: How to Overcome Nervousness, Speak-Up, and Speak Out in Any Social or Business S ituation
By Don Gabor


Publisher:  Three Rivers Press
Number Of Pages:  224
Publication Date:  1997-01-28
Sales Rank:  515464
ISBN / ASIN:  0517886774
EAN:  9780517886779
Binding:  Paperback
Manufacturer:  Three Rivers Press
Studio:  Three Rivers Press
Average Rating:  2
Total Reviews:  7



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Book Description: )

s much about \"speaking in public\" as it is about \"public speaking, \" Talking with Confidence for the Painfully Shy can help even the most shy person speak up and speak out in any business or social situation.




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Date: 2003-12-06  Rating: 2
Review:
Seems out of touch with the painfully shy

The book has a few tips for what to say in various situations. Maybe they would be useful (or at least good for a laugh) for a person who doesn't have shyness problems. But the book doesn't address anything at all about overcoming the problem of shyness. Shy people experience pain and sometimes even panic in social situations. Simply telling them to \"have a positive attitude\" doesn't solve the problem - we need to know how!

So I'm still looking for a good book on the subject.



Date: 2002-06-06  Rating: 1
Review:
Very bad

This audiobook was definitely a waste of time to listen to. Everything is commonsense, and not inspiring at all. Personally, I like books and tapes that pump you up, but in an intelligent way. This has none of that, and the ideas contained in this tape aren't worth spending your time on (ie. everybody already knows them, and it doesn't take a person with a university degree or PHD to explain them to you).



Date: 2001-08-23  Rating: 1
Review:
disappointing

I was eagerly looking forward to this book, but am very disappointed by it. I just received it today, and though admittedly I haven't had time to read it fully, I have skimmed the topics and several dozen pages, and I'm not even going to bother reading it. This book would seem to be useless to anyone but a yuppie business executive holding million-dollar meetings and having power lunches. And obtaining such a position would seem to me to require a reasonably outgoing, aggressive personality, not the painfully shy person to which this book is allegedly directed. Oh, there's also sections on how to meet with difficult clients, and how to become a master salesman. All topics of great interest to a painfully shy person (I'm being sarcastic, of course). If you want a book by this author, buy his other book, How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends. It's much better, and has lots of halfway amusing cartoons. Gabor has completely missed the mark with Talking With Confidence For the Painfully Shy. Avoid it.



Date: 2000-04-24  Rating: 1
Review:
Unrealistic and too brief

I agree that the situations and phrases described and prescribed in this book are tacky and unrealistic. Some of the advice would push someone further into their shyness shell because of the reactions they would get. Not recommended. So many of these self-help books are so unrealistic as applied to real life situations. Why is that?



Date: 2000-03-21  Rating: 3
Review:
good book

well worth a read...helped me a lot