The Book Depository Self-Promotion for Introverts: The Quiet Guide to by Nancy Ancowitz
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Description: Self-Promotion for Introverts: The Quiet Guide to Getting Ahead : Paperback : Mc Graw-Hill Education - Europe : 9780071591294 : 007159129X : 16 Nov 2009 : An indispensable guide that helps introverts excel in an extrovert's world. The Book Depository Self-Promotion for Introverts: The Quiet Guide to by Nancy Ancowitz - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: Mrs. R.
Rating: 5
Review: Be careful with this book. If you always assumed that you were an extrovert, but wondered why you felt exhausted after busy meetings, emotionally drained by parties and in need of a quiet lie down after a wedding, you'll probably find out that you are a high functioning introvert. Although the book occasionally reads like a big brochure for Nancy's workshops, it's a revelation for those amongst us who feel in our heart of hearts that we'd rather stay in, or just have a quiet coffee with out mates, but still manage to make presentations to rooms full of people and could never be called shy. This is one of the books that encouraged me to jump ship from a job that needed more and more meeting time and just wore me down and sucked me dry. With help from the lovely Nancy, I learned that I really am a non-shy introvert and what I need is lots of regular peace and quiet so I can pop out of my box occasionally and do the things in public that I need to do. That's what I mean about being careful. As well as being useful in identifying the way that introverts feel and act, it is a practical handbook for how to keep up with the extroverts (and how not to allow them to extract all our energy). If you suspect for a second that you're getting left behind because you don't speak up for yourself, but you really don't want to be pushy, get this and heed its helpfulness.
Author: Kamran Rahman
Rating: 3
Review: This book has a good title, and from the introduction it sounds like it should be quite good - it is a well-researched book written by a successful woman who has faced the challenge of introversion herself. The big problem is that it is written in "American" rather in "English". This is the very first self-help book that I have read, and I know that the whole self-help thing has its roots in America, but the language and style is so squarely aimed at an American readership that it is quite grating and annoying to a British reader like myself. Particularly distracting is how every paragraph has at least two "attributed" quotes or examples - this is a reflection of the American obsession with backing up absolutely everything they say or write with a quote from someone else - e.g. "Hiram J. Feclkeberg, III, CEO of NASDAQ company Wibler Inc, agrees that it is important to smile at people" - Really? Did we need an attributed/name-dropped example of such a minor point? Imagine this repeatedly endlessly for every minor point in the book! In British writing or journalism I have not seen this obsession. I don't think that for a British reader it adds much of anything to the credibility of the argument, and so just ends up dimishing the point. There are some solid points in this book which will be of use to someone who feels that their introversion is working against them, but it is for an American reader and more appropriate to an American working environment, which is still very different from the majority of British working environments. There may well be another book out there more appropriate for non-American introverts, but if not, or until there is then this book will probably fill the gap, a bit like a ungainly 5 year old girl in her mother's too-big high heels, and, once you cut through all the annoying americanisms, about a third of this book is worth a look-in.
