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Chargement... Miss Conduct's Mind over Manners: Master the Slippery Rules of Modern Ethics and Etiquettepar Robin Abrahams
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A witty, sophisticated guide to the new principles of modern social behavior, by a psychologist and popular alternative-etiquette-and-ethics guru This is no rule book about forks and calling cards. As a child, Robin Abrahams was bitterly disappointed when her parents forced her to have a lemonade stand rather than a booth for dispensing advice. InMiss Conduct's Mind over Manners, Abrahams, now a psychologist and the popular "Miss Conduct" columnist forThe Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, tackles the perplexing social dilemmas of our time: - Is it polite to say "Bless you" to a sneezing atheist? - Should a foreign person's name be pronounced in his native accent? - Does knitting at a meeting display a lack of attention or superior multitasking? - Can a restaurant these days still be so fancy that you cannot request a doggie bag with dignity? - What's a nice vegetarian to do if Gypsies give her bread smeared with lard? Bringing to bear the insights of psychology, Abrahams outlines eight steps to more graceful living that can be applied to uncertain situations-and for handling the inevitable mistakes-involving food, religion, children, pets, health, sex, money, and more. With humor, compassion, and gusto,Miss Conduct's Mind over Manners delivers thoughtful and thought-provoking advice for everyone navigating the complex world of modern human interaction. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Food for thought: Many people seem to think that manners are going downhill- it certainly seems that way, right? Well this author brings up a very interesting, and uplifting, point: "in the past forty years or so, for the first time in human history, the modern West has signed on to the idea that courtesy should be extended to everybody." Until now, there have always been certain groups that were seen as unworthy by "society": women, blacks, handicapped, etc.
Best advice for me: taking chances is a good thing. "Confidence doesn't mean believing that all your comments will be welcome and your jokes laughed at -- it means believing that you can survive if they're not." ( )