The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do

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This Hardcover Book item from Clarkson Potter was reviewed on 26-Oct-2008.

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1) Hardcover Book The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do by Clarkson Potter. This lighthearted but earnest book is fun to look at, and readable in short, quick takes. Learn, for example, what Ira Glass (from NPR´s "This American Life") has to say about how to tell a story. Or open the book at random and see what comes up -- for example, how to: Give and Receive a Compliment (by a social skills expert); Buy Fish (by a food columnist); Apologize (by a psychotherapist); Hold a Baby (by a well-known pediatrician); Tie a Windsor Knot (by Thomas Pink), Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies (by Mrs. Fields) and so on... Each of these is no more than a few pages long and takes just minutes to read. I also like the cover -- it´s printed on nice coated paper in a color approaching Tiffany Blue -- eyecatching.¤

2) Hardcover Book The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do by Clarkson Potter. The book is okay but there are other things to spend money on.¤

3) Hardcover Book The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do by Clarkson Potter. A friend got this for me on my 30th birthday, and I thought it was the perfect gift...until I read it.

I was reminded of an infamous assignment one teacher gave my class in Junior High: We were asked to explain, in writing, how to tie our shoes--the goal being, of course, to make us aware just how difficult it can be to effectively articulate ANYTHING.

Needless to say, most of us failed...but I´m feeling a little better about myself now that I´ve read this book. Most of these ´experts´ simply CANNOT explain/impart much of what they know in writing--making their entries frustrating, especially for people like me, who were actually hoping to pick up a tip or two from reading the book!

What´s interesting to note, though, is that the ´problem´ entries are usually not the oddly nebulous ones, like Stephen Covey´s terrific MANAGE YOUR TIME. It´s the ´simple´ ones like MAKE A BED that, mysteriously, elude their authors.

A mixed bag.¤

4) Hardcover Book The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do by Clarkson Potter. I had this on talking book and found it very interesting and downright useful so I bought it in book form for my daughter and her fiance. I am not out there in the world meeting and greeting but they are so I thought they would get a lot of mileage from it. They seem to enjoy it.¤

5) Hardcover Book The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do by Clarkson Potter. Presumably, everyone already knows how to breathe and make a bed. Clearly, there´s another point to this book other than to teach you how-to. Reading this little gem is something like watching an episode of Monk: you share in the madness of people who pay attention to aspects of the mundane and turn the quotidian into a form of art. Sure, some tips are funnier than others. You will laugh if you enjoy the absurd. You will be puzzled and disappointed if you take things literally. But really, don´t you know how to wash your hair?!¤

6) Hardcover Book The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do by Clarkson Potter. The simplest things are the hardest to master. From brewing your morning cup of coffee and reading the newspaper to apologizing or remembering names, it’s the small stuff that makes up day-to-day life. The Experts’ Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do provides unparalleled insights into how to do them better—more resourcefully, more effectively, and more efficiently—in 100 brief how-to essays by 100 of the world’s leading experts, including:

• Interpersonal skills like how to Tell a Story by Ira Glass and Listen by Larry King

• Etiquette essentials like how to Shake Hands by Letitia Baldrige, Set a Formal Table by Peggy Post, and Give and Receive a Compliment by Ms. Demeanor, Mary Mitchell

• Home pointers such as how to Paint a Room by Bob Vila, Remove a Stain by Linda Cobb, the Queen of Clean, and Do Laundry by Heloise

• Beauty basics that include how to Apply Lipstick by Bobbi Brown and Wash Your Hair by Frederic Fekkai

• Cooking tips such as how to Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies by Mrs. Fields, Barbecue by Bobby Flay, and Make Eggs by Jean-Georges Vongerichten

• Health hints like how to Breathe by Bikram Choudhury and Do Push-ups and Sit-ups by Kathy Smith

• Athletic advice including how to Hit a Tennis Ball by Jennifer Capriati, Swing a Golf Club by Jim McLean, and Swim by Summer Sanders

Some of these experts are household names, others are industry leaders—all are at the very top of their professions. From Holiday Inn’s housekeeper of the year (Make a Bed), the head groundskeeper of Fenway Park (Mow a Lawn), and the mayor of Buffalo (Shovel Snow) to the CEOs of Harry Winston (Buy a Diamond) and Thomas Pink (Tie a Windsor Knot), they are the authorities on their subjects. The Experts’ Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do brings together the best of the best, offering the world’s most valuable advice. With this book in hand, life will indeed be better.¤

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