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Summary: This book works!
Review: I teach Oral Communication at the college level, preparing my students to make presentations in the business world.My students have bought and used Jane's book, and they tell me it works! It offers practical, useful advice ... for everyone. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Useful Book
Review: Jane Marla Robbins' book is remarkable (as clearly is she). The everyday life situations she describe come up with considerable frequency in any teacher's career: recommended!
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Summary: Poor Jane...
Review: My first reaction about the author when I started reading the book was "this chick is from California". My second reaction was "my God, what a miserable life this poor woman must have had!" Overall, I think the book has some good techniques. I do sales presentations for a living, and I bought this book to share with my presentation team. While many of the techniques are valuable, including some of the spiritual aspects, the author assumes that anyone reading the book has a lot to overcome because of the oppressive, abusive childhoods we all had. Unfortunately, the book is peppered with such comments and examples. I feel sorry for anyone who feels like they have to look at life that way. Granted, everyone has "traumatic" memories, more out of our immature perception of things, rather than because of the way our parents treated us. Even people with warm, loving, caring parents still suffer from stage fright and anxiety from time to time. I think this is probably where your focus should be when reading these points. For those of you who aren't into spirituality and/or metaphysics, some of the exercises might seem a little strange - "breathing white light into the spaces between your vertebrae", etc. But they really do help. You just need a little imagination. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trashing the book, just the way some of the ideas are presented. Even if you only read the last few chapters (chapter 24 to the end), you will still get the essence of the book, and a lot of value. Of course, at the amazon.com price, it's even better!
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Summary: Finally something true to the title!
Review: My first reaction about the author when I started reading the book was "this chick is from California". My second reaction was "my God, what a miserable life this poor woman must have had!" Overall, I think the book has some good techniques. I do sales presentations for a living, and I bought this book to share with my presentation team. While many of the techniques are valuable, including some of the spiritual aspects, the author assumes that anyone reading the book has a lot to overcome because of the oppressive, abusive childhoods we all had. Unfortunately, the book is peppered with such comments and examples. I feel sorry for anyone who feels like they have to look at life that way. Granted, everyone has "traumatic" memories, more out of our immature perception of things, rather than because of the way our parents treated us. Even people with warm, loving, caring parents still suffer from stage fright and anxiety from time to time. I think this is probably where your focus should be when reading these points. For those of you who aren't into spirituality and/or metaphysics, some of the exercises might seem a little strange - "breathing white light into the spaces between your vertebrae", etc. But they really do help. You just need a little imagination. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trashing the book, just the way some of the ideas are presented. Even if you only read the last few chapters (chapter 24 to the end), you will still get the essence of the book, and a lot of value. Of course, at the amazon.com price, it's even better!
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Summary: Will these methods work for you? Try and see.
Review: This book covers acting methods to help overcome self conciousness, social phobia and other difficulties. Actors' physical preparation is covered in addition to imagination exercises or sense memory drills. For example, imagine the taste of Coca Cola. You are using sense memory when you imagine the taste and it makes your taste buds salivate. Many different methods are shown for using sense memory and imagination to handle difficult situations such as interviews and public speaking. I have tried one of the techniques for dealing with self conciousness and it worked when I tried it. The more one practices, the better one should get, in theory. Since I haven't consistently applied the techniques in this book, I cannot endorse them. I am not saying that the methods work, nor am I saying that they don't work. You would have to try them for yourself and see.
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Summary: Finally something true to the title!
Review: This book encompasses multiple techniques that anyone can use in situations
where they may feel uncomfortable or insecure. It is cleverly written and fun to
read. As I was reading "Acting Techniques" I started applying the author¹s techniques
to everyday circumstances in which I felt insecure, or when I felt inadequate.
Gradually I gained genuine self-confidence and the same situations were a breeze. Basically, protein is to
muscles as this book is to your confidence.
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Summary: This book is changing my life.
Review: This is a wonderfully healing, challenging book about the art of self-transformation. Jane Marla Robbins describes acting techniques and shows how they can be applied to all sorts of difficult everyday situations. I'm here to say that these exercises work! Acting Techniques for Everyday Life will make you feel terrific about yourself.
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