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1.0 out of 5 stars
Selling this treacle for money is Ballsy, April 13, 2009
This review is from: Ballsy: 99 Ways to Grow a Bigger Pair and Score Extreme Business Success (Paperback)
What a heap of drivel! This stuff makes Jack Handy look like Socrates.
The entire book is just dime store pep-talk and empty platitudes wrapped in tortured decoration. Each page is nothing more than a line or two pulled from a fortune cookie set in some jaunty type font and surrounded by vintage clip art and broad swaths of earthy color. If you set the type in 10pt Helvetica and got rid of all the window dressing, the actual content could be printed on something that would fit in your wallet.
You know that ol saw Style over Substance? Well it was created to describe works like this one.
Here is a startling insight from the book.
... in this uber-competitive career market place, if you only give 100% you will only get an okay career. If you want a fantastic career you gotta give 150%"
Seriously, this is the stuff that fills out the pages of this ridiculous tome.
All I can say is that Ballsy is what the writer was when she pitched this book,and SUPREEMELY Ballsy when the publisher stuck a $14.99 price tag on it.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Missed Potential...Disappointed, October 5, 2006
This review is from: Ballsy: 99 Ways to Grow a Bigger Pair and Score Extreme Business Success (Paperback)
I wish I could give this 2.5 stars. I'd read a bit about the author and was intrigued by her style. This is the first book of her's I've read. I have no doubt that she is quite talented, but this book is only half finished. I read the whole thing in 45 minutes. Not because it was a page-turner, but because it was basically fluff with no ideas. She gave 'tips' and then offered no ideas or solutions. She just put a summary after each tip, but how hard is it to summarize a 1-2 line tip? I'm not quite sure that this is the fault of Ms. Salmansohn. I looked at other books by the same publisher. They were similar in that they were light information and heavy on distracting graphics.
I read the other reviews and may be in the minority as I don't think I'm the target audience. I bet Karen is a wonderful writer, but the book really left me aggarvated that I pad for it. I don't feel as though I received much from it.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Fun little book, little weak on usefulness., October 6, 2010
This review is from: Ballsy: 99 Ways to Grow a Bigger Pair and Score Extreme Business Success (Paperback)
This is certainly a page turner. Fun and funny. Then it's done and you have no idea what you wasted your time on. Not that it took much time.
I simply love these kind of books written by sales people and marketers. They get me to buy a book that just isn't worth the price. But it sure looks cool and gave me a few laughs.
If you mostly read books for entertainment value this book is for you. If you read them to actually learn something useful, leave this one be.
Cheers,
Jeremy
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