Attracting Terrific People: How To Find - And Keep - The People Who Bring Your Life Joy (Paperback)

by Dr. Lillian Glass Ph.D. (Author) "Perhaps the most frequent question I hear, not only from clients and people attending my seminars, but from friends and colleagues alike, is "Where are..." (more)
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Product Details Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition (February 15, 1998) Language: English ISBN-10: 0312180454 ISBN-13: 978-0312180454 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #204,385 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Perhaps the most frequent question I hear, not only from clients and people attending my seminars, but from friends and colleagues alike, is "Where are all the good people?" Read the first page

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• Toxic People: 10 Ways Of Dealing With People Who Make Your Life Miserable by Dr. Lillian Glass Ph.D. on 4 pages
• He Says, She Says by Lillian Glass in Front Matter
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie in Front Matter
• Contact: The First Four Minutes by Leonard Zunin M.D. on page 91
• Enter Whining by Fran Drescher on page 108

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• Life is an Attitude: How to Grow Forever Better by Dottie Billington PhD in Back Matter
• Body Language in Love and Romance by Jacqueline A. Rankin in Back Matter
• I Know What You're Thinking: Using the Four Codes of Reading People to Improve Your Life by Lillian Glass in Back Matter
• I Know What You're Thinking: Using the Four Codes of Reading People to Improve Your Life by Lillian Glass in Back Matter

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 18 of 18 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best People Skills books there are!, January 8, 2002 By  Annie Upton - See all my reviews This review is from: Attracting Terrific People: How To Find - And Keep - The People Who Bring Your Life Joy (Audio Cassette) This book gets placed in my "Top Five" list on the topic of people skills. Although I feel comfortable socially and make friends easily, one of my sons turned out to be shy. I began voraciously reading books on people skills in order to help him. I found the information very suitable to our times, unlike the "How To Win Friends and Influence People" book and similar others from that era. People are socially savvy now and the basic principals in those books everyone already knows and the little hints seemed corny and tricky. Dr. Glass's advice was not tired or insulting. I especially found the exercise in determining the personality characteristics of terrific people to be enlightening. Not only does it help to see what kind of people you tend to get along with but also helps you realize how "terrific" your own personality is or isn't. This also helped to see what type of people I was spending time with and how helpful they were or weren't in my life. This, along with many other exercises, helps direct you to consciously focus on the possibility of including more positive people in your life. The one thing that will stay with me is that because we have relatives, friends, or co-workers in our lives that pull us down, we don't have to keep them as our social circle. We can, and she shows us quite easily, how to direct our focus on positive healthy people who add, instead of subtract, energy from our lives. The people are there, but we forget when we're surrounded by those who deplete us. We get to decide why type of people we want to expend energy for and keep in our lives and here is the book to show us how that can be done. 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't like this, you probably don't get it., May 19, 2004 By A Customer This review is from: Attracting Terrific People: How To Find - And Keep - The People Who Bring Your Life Joy (Audio CD) I've read a few negative reviews from customers here on Amazon complaining that Ms. Glass never tells you how to actually attract terrific people. I think the problem is that Lillian's solution is so simple that they miss the point. The fact that they took the time to trash someone's book should suggest that they might need to read it again. It's full of great advice that should be "common sense" but as we all know it is not that common. She didn't strike me as snobby either. Its frankly one of the audio books that I am "suggesting" that all my employees listen to with the statement: "If I thought you needed this, I would not have hired you, but listen to it anyway." I think books like this are far more valuable than any sexual harassment seminar. 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars This book changed my life...and my attitude!, February 27, 2002 By A Customer This review is from: Attracting Terrific People: How To Find - And Keep - The People Who Bring Your Life Joy (Audio Cassette) I recommend this book to anyone who wants to feel good about themself, and make others feel great too. It's geared for anyone who wants to become a more positive person.		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars You'll gain terrific ideas on how to meet terrific people! Heard ATTRACTING TERRIFIC PEOPLE--written and read by Dr. Lillian Glass. Glass, a media personality and communication specialist, talks about the fact... Read more Published 8 months ago by Blaine Greenfield 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, If You're Ready for It This book is unrelentingly positive in outlook, which apparently annoys some of its previous reviewers. Hey, you can't please everyone, and why would you try? Read more Published 22 months ago by Cymry 5.0 out of 5 stars Attracting Terrific People Lillian describes in simplistic clarity how easy it is to achieve the essence of living a happy and fulfilling life. Read more Published on August 15, 2006 by Glen A. Dreves 5.0 out of 5 stars Uplifting and Fun Although the introduction portion about why it's important to attract terrific people is a bit long, this book offers intuitive and effective advice on interpersonal and... Read more Published on April 5, 2005 by mernie 1.0 out of 5 stars This book attracts Terrible people The author of this book cleary has a "I'm so much better than you" type of attitude. That's the sort of thing that attracts a lot of negative people to this sort of... Read more Published on May 5, 2004 4.0 out of 5 stars Fine I seem to have a higher opinion of these self-help tapes than other reviewers. For a product like this you can judge by results, and I put some of the helpful tips into practice... Read more Published on February 28, 2001 by Lloyd Grossman 1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading Title, Smug Author is Annoying I tried to listen to the audio tape of this book, but gave up after the first tape. As others have mentioned, the title is misleading, the author spends most of her time... Read more Published on August 29, 2000 by Karen Wheless 1.0 out of 5 stars Is there a rating lower than one star? This book is awful. Don't waste your money. This is a bunch of psycho-therapy babble that seems misplaced. Ms. Glass needs to read the great standby Dale Carnegie books. Read more Published on May 26, 2000 by anonymous90210 1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this one. This book was horrible. In spite of my enormous respect for books in general, I literally threw this one in the trash can after reading the first several chapters. Read more Published on October 19, 1998 1.0 out of 5 stars Does not deliver what the title promises This book is titled "Attracting Terrific People", but the entire book consists of only trying to convince readers that attracting terrific people is worthwhile. Read more Published on August 23, 1998 Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition (February 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312180454
• ISBN-13: 978-0312180454
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #204,385 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best People Skills books there are!, January 8, 2002

By	Annie Upton - See all my reviews

This review is from: Attracting Terrific People: How To Find - And Keep - The People Who Bring Your Life Joy (Audio Cassette)

This book gets placed in my "Top Five" list on the topic of people skills. Although I feel comfortable socially and make friends easily, one of my sons turned out to be shy. I began voraciously reading books on people skills in order to help him. I found the information very suitable to our times, unlike the "How To Win Friends and Influence People" book and similar others from that era. People are socially savvy now and the basic principals in those books everyone already knows and the little hints seemed corny and tricky. Dr. Glass's advice was not tired or insulting.

I especially found the exercise in determining the personality characteristics of terrific people to be enlightening. Not only does it help to see what kind of people you tend to get along with but also helps you realize how "terrific" your own personality is or isn't. This also helped to see what type of people I was spending time with and how helpful they were or weren't in my life. This, along with many other exercises, helps direct you to consciously focus on the possibility of including more positive people in your life.

The one thing that will stay with me is that because we have relatives, friends, or co-workers in our lives that pull us down, we don't have to keep them as our social circle. We can, and she shows us quite easily, how to direct our focus on positive healthy people who add, instead of subtract, energy from our lives. The people are there, but we forget when we're surrounded by those who deplete us. We get to decide why type of people we want to expend energy for and keep in our lives and here is the book to show us how that can be done.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't like this, you probably don't get it., May 19, 2004

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This review is from: Attracting Terrific People: How To Find - And Keep - The People Who Bring Your Life Joy (Audio CD)

I've read a few negative reviews from customers here on Amazon complaining that Ms. Glass never tells you how to actually attract terrific people. I think the problem is that Lillian's solution is so simple that they miss the point. The fact that they took the time to trash someone's book should suggest that they might need to read it again.

It's full of great advice that should be "common sense" but as we all know it is not that common. She didn't strike me as snobby either. Its frankly one of the audio books that I am "suggesting" that all my employees listen to with the statement: "If I thought you needed this, I would not have hired you, but listen to it anyway." I think books like this are far more valuable than any sexual harassment seminar.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book changed my life...and my attitude!, February 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Attracting Terrific People: How To Find - And Keep - The People Who Bring Your Life Joy (Audio Cassette)

I recommend this book to anyone who wants to feel good about themself, and make others feel great too. It's geared for anyone who wants to become a more positive person.