Magic Words
101 Powerful Ways to Navigate Life's Challenges
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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. Now there’s a guide for getting through tough times in plain English–an essential selection of well-honed phrases to help you soothe and smooth your way through any prickly situation.
Divided into three sections–Magic Words to say to yourself, to others, and for universal situations–this invaluable guide contains the verbal keys to the kingdom. Protect yourself in the midst of a tongue-lashing (“Are you actually yelling at me?”); politely remind an obnoxious cell-phone abuser to be courteous (“Don’t forget, you’re not in a phone booth”); or chant this mantra when things seem to be slipping over the edge (“If you want to gain control, you have to give up control”).
Life is full of little, and big, stumbling blocks. Whether you’re dealing with an over-inflated ego, meddling in-laws, or even creating the problems yourself, this sharp little handbook has all the Magic Words you need to get through the toughest of times.
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Devised and gathered by two longtime friends, Kaminsky (ex-publisher of three major publishing houses) and ex-Self editor Penney (How to Make Love to a Man), "magic words" (resonant phrases and mantras one can repeat to oneself or to others) provide a handy way to access modern folk wisdom. Each phrase is illustrated with vignettes. Saying "it's thimble time," for example, reminds readers to protect themselves from small annoyances, just as a real thimble protects against pin pricks. "Why am I smiling when I feel angry as hell?" suggests that repressing feelings has its costs. "Get your ego out of it" borrowed from a psychiatrist advises backing off from certain confrontations. Asking "Are you actually yelling at me?" can work to defuse an abusive supervisor, while "I'm mystified" can smooth out an uncomfortable situation without rancor. "Let's quit while we're behind" encapsulates the decision to cut your losses, and "this is a pewter opportunity" implies that an imperfect chance may well be worth taking. In the realm of universal advice, "handle with flair" reminds readers to elevate the mundane, and "time is honey," the authors' final phrase, puts a jujitsu twist on the grim "time is money." As with most fable-tinged advice, these words may seem to contradict (there's advice on ultimatums and on second chances), but this remains an entertainingly effective package. (On-sale Nov. 6)
