Reviews

The Art of People: The 11 Simple People Skills That Will Get You Everything You Want by Dave Kerpen

ika0's review against another edition

4.0

3,5 stars

petetheman's review against another edition

3.0

First few tips are very useful but after that it seems like the book couldn't take off. The tips are very common and didn't bring any wow factors. Anyhow I still find this book useful in some regards.

estelas's review against another edition

2.0

Although this book started out interesting, I felt it became too much about business and about making choices to favor your image. I appreciate short sections with practicality and summaries at the end of each Chapter.

loz232's review against another edition

2.0

yawn

nothing super insightful or surprising here - most of it seems common sense or copied from other self help books... i wonder if he paid any of the people he quoted/copied for the content that actually meant something?

vlad's review against another edition

1.0

Super lightweight and fluffy. Almost nothing in this book is original. The construction of each chapter is in the style of those annoying as all hell LinkedIn posts that start with some attention-grabbing quote or dilemma, then go on to deliver a mundane piece of advice such as "praise in public, criticize in private" or "offer a feedback sandwich: a positive piece of feedback, a critical piece, then a positive piece of feedback." Wow, deep.

Also found the title distasteful because it implies relationships are about getting "everything you want." This isn't by accident ... the tips feel manipulative and focused on selfish goals, rather than on establishing healthy relationships.

This is 90% shallow stuff. There are far better books on this topic. Keep searching.