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| Drop the Pink Elephant: 15 Ways to Say What You Mean...and Mean What You Say | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Mcfarlan
Creator: Eamonn Holmes
Publisher: Capstone
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 785703
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 166
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 1841126373
Dewey Decimal Number: 153.6
EAN: 9781841126371
ASIN: 1841126373
Publication Date: December 15, 2004
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Condition: w/ black publisher's markings on the top edge (w/ black marker)
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"As GMTV anchor, I interview hundreds of people every year. However well they interview, every single person would find it easier to explain their case by following these simple principles." EAMONN HOLMES, GMTV Presenter
"[Drop the Pink Elephant]...tackle[s] every aspect of personal communication in a crisp, entertaining style." THE PLAIN ENGLISH SOCIETY
"There can be no whitewash at the White House." (Richard Nixon). These nine words turned the American nation against their President. Why? Because people hadn't linked the White House with a cover up until Nixon himself made the connection. His own denial created the story.
It is perhaps the most famous Pink Elephant in history. But what exactly is a 'Pink Elephant'? Pink Elephants are the unnecessary negatives that clutter your conversation and meaning, sending out the wrong signals to anyone you communicate with.
In Drop the Pink Elephant, Bill McFarlan reveals how to avoid the deadly trap of allowing poor communication skills to obscure your meaning and reduce your effectiveness. Drop the Pink Elephant is filled with helpful, simple and practical advice on how to make your words count for more. Put these straightforward lessons into practice and you will notice immediately how much more effectively you are able to communicate with others.
Sharpen your conversation by:
* FIRST SPOTTING, THEN DROPPING THE PINK ELEPHANT
* GETTING RID OF THE JARGON
* LEARNING TO SPEAK IN PICTURES
* RECOGNISING WHEN YOU SHOULD APOLOGISE OR THANK PEOPLE
* CAPTIVATING AN AUDIENCE
N.B. No animals were hurt in the making of this book. (Can you spot your first Pink Elephant?)
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 Tips for YOU to gain respect from others May 15, 2008
One of the good books I had read this year. Simple and easy reading book, filling with full of tips and rules to help people who read, believe and practice the tips to improve in communication skills. Everyone make mistake, at least I do make a lot of mistake. One of the major one is that I had never think before I speak. I had been holding the wrong perceptions that think and speak are for people who are fake and not genuine.
Now I understand that think before any sentence come out from your mouth is showing respect to the receiver. I felt sorry for those whom had been hurt with my words. I had been using the wrong words to express my concern and anxiety. I am now taking my first step out to improve my choice of words. I know my communication skill and my choice of words will improve by applying all the tips in this book, and continuous observation and study.
The Etiquette Of Interpersonal Communication October 11, 2007
This is a refreshing book. It's well-written, entertaining, and practical.
The author is very British, which to me makes it easier to deal with than some of our more crude communication books such as the Gentle Art Of Verbal Self-Defense series. We don't need verbal "self-defense" if we learn to communicate properly in the first place.
This is nothing new in this book. Please read it anyhow. The presentation is clear and polite, and encourages us to communicate clearly and honestly rather than attempt to manipulate the listener. A good idea all around.
The first time I was reading this book my husband phoned from work saying he was going to ditch an after-work meeting and make up an excuse the next day. I read him the three "R"s the author suggests and asked my husband to try using them. He did, with enormous success. He was excused from the meeting, not required to do any "make up" work, and thanked for being up front about his situation.
"Drop The Pink Elephant" is full of simple little gems that have moved me back on track with my own communication. My first college degree was in Interpersonal Communication with an Applied Linguistics minor, but over the decades my communication had gotten sloppy. With the help of this ingenious little book, in my daughter's words, I "make sense again."
"Pink Elephant" should be required reading (and studying) for all high school and/or college students. The world would be a safer, saner place if everyone practiced its simple suggestions.
Critical for those who want to be respected in life June 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Most of us grow up with bad communication habits inherited from our parents. Often times, we don't even realize they are bad. This books roots them out and replaces them with magic recipes for being liked, listened to and respected. I highly recommend reading the book and practicing its principles.
Good read for all August 4, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Stating the obvious, but, guess what, the obvious are not that obvious most of the time. I am a senior executive in a Fortune 100 company, and I find this very useful for my day-to-day communications with direct reports, with peers, with boss, and even supplier, customers.
The book will change the way people perceive you. The book will also change you.
 i personally find it interesting May 26, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
it was a good read for me.. simple concepts to grasp (though will take effort to commit to..), funny, interesting and made me look inwards... the author garnishes this book with personal notes and experiences, which i find interesting and gives the work a down to earth feeling...
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