The Messages Workbook: Powerful Strategies for Effective Communication at Work and Home

By Kim Paleg, Martha Davis, Patrick Fanning

Book Overview

When we asked Dr. Matt McKay-coauthor of Messages: The Communication Skills Book, New Harbinger publisher, and psychologist in private practice-how many of his clients had communication problems, he... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572243716
• ISBN13: 9781572243712
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

A launching pad for new emotional acuity

This is an excellent book for practicing and beginning to utilize the skills one learned in the original Messages. If you're feeling a bit abandoned and at a loss for how to start integrating the knowledge you gained in the original book into your life, the workbook picks up where it left off. The Messages Workbook puts emotional communication in context. The exercise in chapter eleven about identifying irrational fears was surprisingly effective; the mere act of acknowledging my emotions helped me discern which ones had any real merit. "If you don't communicate well, you are always at a disadvantage. When you fail to express your ideas clearly and forcefully, other people's ideas prevail. When you can't express your feelings, your feelings get hurt. When you can't ask for what you want, you don't get it." p.1

Empowers your communication skills

This book helps anyone to improve his communication skills, it will help u understand people more, I loved mostly these chapters:Hidden Agendas, Blocks to listening, and the Transactional Analysis (the Child/parent/adult thing). I used the skills in this book, they made me understand beyond a conversation, what is really said and why it is said. It will also help u identify what keeps you from delivering your message.

Great companion to Messages.

As the cliche says, practice makes perfect. The book helps us hone and improve our communications skills.

Good book.

This book was a good investment, but I felt I could have spent more time working on my communication skills. Some of the practice sections require an investment of a day or more, or even another person involved.

A "lifesaver" book

I bought the book some time ago, and sincerely, I start to read it last week.I read "making contact" chapter first, because I start a Network Marketing business, and "approach" (making contact) is a must in business. Well, that chapter change my mind in approach people. They (autors), say what you think when approach people,(and it is true), and how to change that think, for a better approach. That chapter alone is worth the price that I paid. I still finish the book but I am very excited to say that if you want to communicat better with anybody that book will done.