Essential Manners for Men: What to Do, When to Do It, and Why

by Peter Post

Book Overview

Essential Manners for Men helps men make the right decisions about what to do and say in every situation that counts. Peter Post, great-grandson of Emily Post, distills the essential information men need for all the important roles they play in life.

Organized into three parts -- Daily Life, Social Life, and On the Job -- Essential Manners for Men resolves situations that can stump even the savviest. Peter Post's advice is sharp-witted and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060539801
• ISBN13: 9780060539801
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great resource for manners in an easy to read format

An easy, quick read. Tells WHY manners are important and written from a man's perspective. My teenaged son's friend picked it up while visiting our house and liked it so much he asked to take it home to read it.

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book arrived on time and in better condition than I thought. Highly recommend using this seller again.

Essential

The title, for the first time EVER on a book like this, is accurate. I, personally, was not taught the manners that I apparently should have been. I grew up in a place with little formality and little pretentiousness. As this book explains, manners are not a matter of pretentiousness, though. They are simply the behaviors that keep people from feeling uncomfortable. Once you begin to understand this, these quirky, silly rules become a little more fun and a lot more tolerable. This book covers most of what you will need to know. Most of the things in here are common sense enough, but the one thing that it really helps with are circumstance-specific pointers (including a VERY useful guide of appropriate vs. inappropriate business/casual clothes). One thing that it doesn't mention, but that may be well out of its purview, is that communication is an oft difficult but always essential factor of any relationship. ANY relationship, be it business, personal, or with an acquiantance or stranger. The fact of the matter is that this book is largely about interpersonal rules of communication (verbal and non), so it may not be as out of the way as it initially seems. A chapter or two, or pointers in the individual chapters, covering appropriate methods to discuss more situations would have made this from merely essential and really good to absolutely essential and superb. This is about the only drawback, though. I read through this in less than a day. It is about 150 pages, so it should take most people four hours of reasonable concentration. Its pointers are invaluable, and most of them are simple enought that, once taught, you will never forget. All told, a wonderful primer for any young man. I think that this would make an especially good gift for a boy at his bar mitzvah or at an early teen birthday. These are the skills by which a man is judged, and this book will polish your skills and make a more polite man out of you. Cheers for Mr. Post. Excellently done, sir. Thank you for your advice. If I simply had your address, I would drop a hand-written note in the mail, with a stamp, to thank you again for taking your valuable time to write something so helpful to me, and to so many others. Buy it, read it, learn it. Buy copies for others, but don't give yours away. Reread it periodically, JUST IN CASE. Excellent manners are not snooty or pretentious. They serve the purpose of allowing everyone to have a good time. Use them. Thank you sir. Harkius

Know the basics and be your best in every situation

Many men sabotage opportunities and hurt others because they are unaware of basic ettiquette. Recently I spoke with an employee who described inept, offensive behaviors of another male employee who is basically well meaning. I purchased this book for him, which he enjoyed very much and found enlightening. I also gave him Optimal Thinking: How To Be Your Best Self to learn how to make the be his best, optimize situations and bring out the best from others. I have seen a remarkable change in his demeanor so I recommend both of these books.