Title: Making Friends 鈥� A Guide to Getting Along with People Written and illustrated by 鈥� ANDREW MATTHEWS (author of the international bestseller 鈥楤eing Happy!鈥� My Views: It is a perfect teacher provided you are a dull student.This is book is about getting well along with people, that is how you can improve your relationship with them, how you can understand their attitude, how you can understand their personality, and how to overcome the problem they face and need someone to help them. If somebody has an attitude for seeking tension or problem, and he feels that everyone ignores him, he will try to attract everyone鈥檚 attention. People keep highlighting your weaknesses or problems but don鈥檛 get bogged down by this, ignore it, swallow it, digest it and silently improve upon it. Don鈥檛 let yourself go into a shell because of this, overcome this weakness or problem. If people are not happy with you, or ignore you, seek answers from them why they do it, what is the reason, what do I do that I don鈥檛 get ignored. People have a tendency to react sharply if your weakness is highlighted, like if somebody says your body has a bad odor, people, friends around you will start ignoring you, even if they are not getting bad smell at all. More happens on preception and listening than actual experience. Like yourself, love yourself, but don鈥檛 ignore others, like others too, don鈥檛 be too proud of yourself. Stop comparing and stop getting depressed if you are compared. Emphasize that you are you and not that person with whom you are being compared. Avoid boasters who praise themselves and always let others down Before changing others, change yourself, adjust, compromise and your life will be happy. Don鈥檛 wait for others to come to you and invite to join a party, throw a party and invite people. That will start a cycle. Get out of corner, stop hiding yourself. Don鈥檛 wait for other to come and highlight your weaknesses, or improve you, change yourself, who knows you better than YOU. Don鈥檛 fear of a CHANGE. Don鈥檛 let your low esteem work in reverse. Who is bothered about the pimples on your face, go out of your room instead of waiting in your room for pimples to leave your face (and you stop all your outdoor activities) Quit playing games, don鈥檛 pretend, and pour your heart out. You want to go out for a dinner, but you want your wife/husband to say this. How does she/he know what you have in your mind right now? And how you are so sure that she/he will refuse? But be sure that it is NO if you don鈥檛 talk about it. Sometimes L ive your life to fit your belief system. Mary doesn鈥檛 feel good about her. And due to this perception about her, she is usually ignored by most of her friends. Fred likes her, behaves well with her but Mary starts wondering why Fred likes her when she is not likable, and starts ignoring him, responding him. Fred feels ignored and gets a reverse message that Mary doesn鈥檛 like him. So he silently moves away from her life. Now a stage comes in Mary鈥檚 life when nobody likes her and she starts scolding herself that why nobody is there to like her. Why there are no good persons in my life. Why everyone ignores me? Lucy has a belief system that there are good people around in the world and she can always find the caring and loving people to be with. She decides not to spend any time with the people who don鈥檛 like her, or who are rude and aggressive. With this attitude she is able to find good and caring people and leave lousy people for Mary. Decide what you want to be 鈥� Mary or Lucy? Martin has a habit of taking everybody鈥檚 work besides his own work in the office. He found a friend, who wanted to help him, but this looked abnormal to Martin and he pushed this friend away from his life. Martin thinks that all the people who don鈥檛 help him in his work and who don鈥檛 do their own work are normal. About Book: This book is about enjoying people, dealing with prophets of doom, how to say NO sometimes, prevailing over gossip, pettiness and anger. It is about understanding that IF YOU WANT FRIENDSHIP, YOU MUST BE A FRIEND FIRST. The book is funny reading too with a lot of serious learning. It has lot of comical strips which are perfectly able to convey the message. Like one says 鈥� 鈥淭here are 70% people having problem with their partners. Ok, what about the rest of 30%. Oh, they are singles.鈥� Another one says 鈥� 鈥淏ut I don鈥檛 want to concentrate on my business, yours is more interesting than mine.鈥� There are lot many more, all interesting, funny but meaningful. Author says 鈥淏eing Happy鈥� was about yourself, this book is about people around you, people who depend on you, those you want to see, and those you avoid. About Author: Andrew Matthew is based in Adelaide in South Australia. His first book Being Happy became a worldwide publishing phenomenon after its release in 1988. His writing, illustrating and public speaking talents are in great demand throughout North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia.
I read about 60% of this book and lend a friend it but she didn't send me back so I think I lost it. By the way, Andrew Matthews never disappointed us in have huge influence in our mindset, our attitude in ourselves and life. It's still that humorous in every story and words he told but not boring any more.
Well, I think it was my first non-technical book that I actually finished it. it's 30 years past at the time this was written but still, I could get some points out of it that can help me with my life. and I wrote this:
This was the first book I read! I read it when I was 6 years old while I was learning to read faster. I've always been shy so this book helped me to understand how to get along whit other kids.
Also, I have a special feeling for it because it made me start reading books for fun.
Like the other book "Being Happy" amazing and helpful ... while "being happy" gives you ideas about how to deal with yourself, this book "making friends" gives you ideas about how to deal with others.
I love this book, it basically explains the importance of loving yourself before waiting for others to love you. Also it tells you how simple making relationships with people can be!
膼峄淚 THAY 膼峄擨 KHI CH脷NG TA THAY 膼峄擨 by Andrew Matthew Xu岷 s岷痗: 5/5
膼芒y l脿 cu峄憂 s谩ch n岷眒 trong b峄� 5 cu峄憂 膼峄漣 thay 膽峄昳 khi ch煤ng ta thay 膽峄昳 c峄 Andrew Matthews: T岷璸 1: Being happy! T岷璸 2: Making friends T岷璸 3: Follow your heart T岷璸 4: Being happy teenager T岷璸 5: Happiness now
Trung Anh 膽瓢峄 ANTS t岷穘g cu峄憂 t岷璸 2, c岷 啤n ANTS <3
Making friends - Andrew Matthew My views: Making friends is a helpful book. Andrew Matthew give you many ways to change your life by changing your attitude, perspective, lifestyle,.... Every lessons in the book are valuable, from which you can improve yourself and not only have happier life but get more affection from others.
Being Happy is beter maar: Een goed behapbaar boek voor iemand die interesse in psychologie heeft of op dat moment niet helemaal tevreden over zichzelf is. Het boek werkt aan de hand van vraagstukken, casus en uitleg. Bijvoorbeeld: waarom komt die ene vriend altijd te laat? En weet zo op een speelse manier soms best confronterend te zijn.
Just like other of Andrew Matthews's series, it's full of lesson about life and simple so that everyone can read without feeling hard. This book encourage me when I feel depressed, therefore, I believe this book will do an encouragement to another person.