Messages: The Communication Skills Book

This is an exceelent book regarding communicating with others and is easy to read. I was at first worried that it would be to clinical but it is in layman's terms that is easy to understand and relate to on so many different levels. I highly reccomend it.

As a counselor I often use this book to help clients understand and develop communication skills. Messages provides a comprehensive overview and is well written. Lack of depth at times leaves the reader wishing for more, but that is a virtue in introductory surveys.

The only thing I don't like about this book is not having read it before.

The authors explain clearly how to structure you communication in an effective way so you can accomplish your objectives without hurting other people feelings.

I strongly recommend this book.

I been working through the book in steps, it has helped my communication skills in my personal life as well as my professional one.

This book is a great look into the inner workings of the human mind and the relationship humans have with communication and with each other. The book is divided into six sections, Basic Skills, Advanced Skills, Conflict Skills, Social Skills, Family Skills, and Public Skills. Each section has subsections on each aspect of those broad topics. The book was a very good representation of good communication. The author effectively made his points without boring me. Also, he did a great job of highlighting all the most common problem areas of communication for the average person. I feel like a better communicator after reading this book.