Magic Words: 101 Ways to Talk Your Way Through Life's Challenges

By Alexandra Penney and Howard Kaminsky

Book Overview

A comprehensive collection of powerful phrases to help you face a variety of life's challenges. Travelers to foreign countries often carry handy phrase books to help them navigate uncharted territory.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767906683
• ISBN13: 9780767906685
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Broadway Books
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Words can Hurt or Heal

They can also drive you insane if you let them. In fact, I'm pretty sure you can think yourself into happiness, depression, frustration and just about any other emotion you can think of. What are you thinking of today? Are you stressed about a situation? Are you dreaming of a vacation? What are you saying to yourself right now? When you start to compare what you are thinking about to how your emotions are rolling along, it becomes very apparent that you either have to change your way of thinking or the words you use will start to control you in the wildest ways. Howard Kaminsky and Alexandra Penney have been great friends for 20 years or more. Together they have created a rather interesting book. Words can Hurt or Heal. They can also show that we have manners or that we know how to behave in various situations. "Magic" words can give us hope, show us things in a new light and can help us cope with situations that would actually overtake us if we did not control our thinking. Are you dealing with a stressful situation? When are we not dealing with stress! Anyway, this book will give you some ideas on how to use "Magic" words to deal with this stress. Sometimes you are just dying inside and you don't show it on the outside. There is a story about a woman who was going through a terrible time. She cried for weeks and then finally she started to say magic words and felt herself moving from tragedy to success. "It's a rough patch in the long road of life." The authors make you rethink a few phrases, like "Time is Money" becomes "Time is Honey." They encourage you to see those beautiful moments in time that taste sweet. Other ideas like telling people you really need them or you need their help, gives the situation a new focus and people are more willing to help you out of your problem. Words are extremely powerful, use them with caution. Maybe the most powerful words in the world are: "I love you." I'm pretty convinced that can change lives. ~The Rebecca Review

you need this book

This book was very helpful to me. There were a number of situations in which I recognized myself, and could apply the advice. Try reading a few pages and you will see.