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Personal Development
Customers have had positive experiences with the book's guidance for personal and professional development as men. They found the principles and reasons given in the book valuable, and some have seen improvements in their own lives and relationships.
Social Situations
Customers are highly satisfied with the book's guidance on handling various social situations. The advice covers everyday life, social life, and work scenarios, providing insightful tips for avoiding behaviors that may be offensive or annoying to others. Some readers suggest additional sections covering more specific situations would enhance the book further.
Manners Instruction
Customers generally have a positive opinion about the manners instruction in Essential Manners for Men, with some expressing appreciation for its completeness and ease of reading. The book covers various scenarios and provides practical tips on how men should behave appropriately. Some readers find the price to be great and consider it a valuable investment for special occasions. However, a few have expressed skepticism towards the notion that manners are only for the rich.
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Quality
This book is written well, and contains very useful and proper manors that should be used everyday.
Good manners do not exist to put people down and reinforce class division.
Displaying good manners does not bring any tangible benefits (although it might on a date or job interview) beyond having peace... Read More
Too bad young people don't have good guidance in manners as they grow up.
Price
Great price great book, it's always good to have good etiquette books for very special outings and events you may attend.
Packaging/appearance
Whenever someone mentioned manners and etiquette to me, it always brought to my mind an image of some stuffy old english butler... Read More
It was a huge let down to be the only one to receive such a lame present while my siblings opened their expensive gifts with delight.
Competitiveness
Each section is quite short and not too in-depth, compared to the etiquette books you'll find geared more towards women.
It is this latter quality that makes the book much more than a guide to dos and don'ts, and rather, a compelling, near-philosophical essay.
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- This product had a total of 90 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 2 2024.
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Went through it rather quickly would recommend to a friend
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It was a huge let down to be the only one to receive such a lame present while my siblings opened their expensive gifts with delight
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Not all at once but bits and pieces over a couple months
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One thing that many people will say is that gentlemanliness is dead
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If all young men could learn from this book they would be much more polite and much more productive
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Bought this expecting to brush up on etiquette and find some things i didnt know
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Instead i realized it is a primer for someone who was not taught anything as a kid
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This is not for someone who is already fairly adept to how you should present yourself and treat others but its still a decent read to gauge where youre at
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