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| Toxic People: 10 Ways Of Dealing With People Who Make Your Life Miserable | 
| Author: Lillian Glass
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 31284
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0312152329
Dewey Decimal Number: 158.2
EAN: 9780312152321
ASIN: 0312152329
Publication Date: February 15, 1997
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 How to deal with TOXIC BOOKS September 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've thrown my copy to the garbage. I suggest you do the same (preferably to a toxic waste recycle bin). This book encourages and praises behaviour that leads directly to unhappiness and lack of self condifence. It took me very little to see how toxic and unwise this book is. Feel that you need some good advise? Don't go to this book. Try 'to love is to be happy with' or another book. And don't take ANY book as the sole source of wisdom on earth. Listen to what you want and act putting fear aside.
She would know June 3, 2008
I had the misfortune of taking a seminar taught by this woman, and she is herself toxic. It was presented in the guise of helping the attendees, but was actually a commercial for her services. The people I know who worked with her one on one were not impressed, and felt it was a waste of money. Furthermore, she was rude, self-absorbed, insecure about her weight gains of late, and gave little new information that was helpful. She is not the guru she proclaims! Don't buy this book!
 stay true to who you are May 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just finished reading this book and will be returning it post haste to the library tomorrow. 90% of what is written in this book I found to be crazy talk. I am a young Christian woman who has come a long way from believing the world revolved around and my opinions, to now believing that no two people view life the same way or has the exact same experiences day to day much less over a life time. I believe, and the author herself writes, one person's toxin is another person's balm. No one is perfect and in life we all experience situations that we categorize in the good or bad tanks of our memory. To place a person in a category of toxic or non toxic is rediculous. I give this book two stars based on the last couple of chapters that talks about being nice to people. DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU. If you disrespect me that is your business but if I decide to do that back to you how does that make me a better person? The Bible says God protects us from our enemies and will make so that no weapon formed against us shall prosper. So what do I need with calculations to tell me how to treat one personality versus another? The only constant is ME and the only person I can control in ANY situation is MYSELF. This book is very outward looking and contradicts a lot of what the Bible speaks on about judging and treating others.
Sometimes it's not about who a person is but where they are in life.
The person I am not is not the same perso nI was one year ago. If everyone I encountered had written me off as being toxic because I was recovering from a bad experience they knew nothing about, I probably would still be in that same state. But when you are strong and confident in who you are as a person you make an effort to help people bring out the best in themselves. Yes, we all have our limits on how much negative energy we can endure, but that is all part of life. One thing we should never do is condemn someone and place them in a box with a lable. Unfortunately, that is all I got from this book. We don't always realize when we're behaving in a toxic way and someone turning the tables doesnt bring that weakness to light much less encourage the person to overcome it. If anything, it does the opposite and reinforces the negative behavior. What I find to work best for me is to be direct, gentle and honest with people. If there is no acknowledgement or change in behavior then yes, I will create a healthy distance and for the sake of my sanity and emotional well-being, remove myself from the situation. I much rather spend my time and energy learning ways to grow and improve on myself than figuring out anotehr person (esp if theyre a stranger I will more than likely never meet again). I rather read a book that teaches me how to bring out the best in me that one encourages the worst to be brought out in me. If you know someone who does possess toxic characteristics bring to their attention gently and in private. One book I would recommend is "Put Your Best Foot Forward: Make a Great Impression By Taking Control of How Others See You" by Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, Ph.D. and Mark Mazzerlla.
 Knowledge is power April 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A library borrow lead me to buying this book. It will become one of my bibles. In need of answers in the area of liars and toxic people this one popped out at me on the library shelf. An angel must have been sitting on my shoulder pointing right to it.
Knowledge is power. Once you can identify the problem and see it for what it is, then face it, you CAN fix it...not before. Lillian Glass has given us a great gift in sharing, with all of us, her hard lessons learned both in academia and real life. I, for one, can't thank her enough.
In addition to answering a lot of questions about the toxic people in my life, I also identified how they have toxified me. I also identified how toxic I have become because of others' toxic influences on me. Now I can fix all of it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
And thanks to the little angel sitting on my shoulder.
humor and insight all-in-one February 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lillian Glass takes a humorous approach to her topic of difficult people. While she defines the characteristics and reasons for a difficult person's behavior, she also gives excellent strategies for how to deal with them. Each of the difficult types are given a humorous name and then a list of adjectives that describes each person. Real-life examples are given to illustrate the behaviors. This book is one of the best on the subject that I have ever read. If you are dealing with people that make your life miserable - this book is a must have.
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