Cheap Psychological Tricks: What to Do When Hard Work, Honesty, and Perseverance Fail [Paperback]

Perry Buffington (Author), Mitzi Cartee (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

If you no longer care to pay the consequences of being honest, direct, and forthright, psychologist Perry Buffington offers 75 inside secrets, all based in scientific research, to enhance your odds of being successful in everyday situations as well as stickier ones. This entertaining book is sure to provoke conversation as you discover how to:

*Talk Your Way Out Of a Speeding Ticket

*Avoid Overeating

*Write a Winning Personal Ad

*Wake Up Rested in the Morning

*Use Flattery to Your Advantage

*Make Excuses Others Will Believe

*Learn a Secret from Another Person

Editorial Reviews

Review

The book picks up when true grit and diligence fall flat.... CHEAP PSYCHOLOGICAL TRICKS is filled with winning head games. -- Gannett News Service

About the Author

Psychologist Perry Buffington appears regularly on CNN; his radio show "Parent Wise" is heard in many markets. A former contributor to Delta Airlines Sky magazine, he has also written for the Saturday Evening Post, The New York Times , World Executive Digest, and New Woman, as well as for corporate employee publications of companies such as UPS, IBM, American Express, and AT&T. He is the author of ARCHIVAL ATLANTA, YOUR BEHAVIOR IS SHOWING, and RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT MOVE, RIGHT NOW! 45 WAYS TO SURVIVE - AND SUCCEED. He lives in Florida and Atlanta.

Mitzi Cartee's work has appeared in Ms., Utne Reader, Special Reports, and Storytelling magazines, as well as in HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: STORIES AND ART CREATED FOR THE BENEFIT OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. A resident of Clemson, South Carolina, she attended Clemson University, the Portfolio Center, and the Greenville Museum School of Art. In addition to her illustrations, Cartee creates and designs rubber stamps and has been featured in RubberStampMadness magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 181 pages
• Publisher: Peachtree Publishers; 1st edition (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561451304
• ISBN-13: 978-1561451302
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #53 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Humor > Self-Help & Psychology

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a light, fun book on managing yourself, your children, et al, May 13, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Cheap Psychological Tricks: What to Do When Hard Work, Honesty, and Perseverance Fail (Paperback)

This book offers some fairly lighthearted means of improving your life via psychological tricks, each presented in its own mini-chapter. Some of these tricks are amazing, some are fairly obvious (listening to other people's problems gives you a new perspective on your own.)

Unfortunately, the chapters concerning interactions with others are frequently a bit simplistic and naive: people aren't automatons. The large number of references to articles in Psychology Today is probably the best guide to the quality and scope of this book.

It covers: insomnia, dealing with your boss, children, depression, relationships, sex, etc. It's a book you're likely to give to someone else to read as soon as you're done.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fluffy, "tip of the day" style book, September 4, 2003

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David A. Keldsen (Toronto, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cheap Psychological Tricks: What to Do When Hard Work, Honesty, and Perseverance Fail (Paperback)

The best part first: this is a fun book. It has straight-forward tips on dealing with 62 different situations, all of which are...more or less...founded in psychology research.

But...

It's not particularly good for providing *general* information as implied by the sub-title ("What to Do When Hard Work, Honesty, and Perseverance Fail"). For readers interested in those issues, wider reading is necessary.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Advice for the Weary, August 3, 2001

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Octavio Omar Saenz (Edinburg, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cheap Psychological Tricks: What to Do When Hard Work, Honesty, and Perseverance Fail (Paperback)

The title holds true. Sometimes hard work is overlooked and the kinder you are the worse you feel you are treated. The advice in this book helps to put everything in perspective in a very straight and to the point fashion. From avoiding feeling dizzy in an amusement ride to keepnig the flame in your love life; the pointer are little lessons to remember your entire life. A book to cherish, for you will read it many times over.