Faking It: How to Seem Like a Better Person Without Actually Improving Yourself

Faking It: How to Seem Like a Better Person Without Actually Improving Yourself

Rating: - Quick! Not only did I find this book on Amazon for a fraction of the price it was in a store, but it took, I think, 2 days max to get to my house. And not only that, it was in perfect condition. Rating: - Amazing! While the book is titled and themed around 'Faking It', you will come to realize that if you try these things, you will unwittingly improve yourself over time. There was a ton of good advice geared towards young adults coming out of college and in their early 20s, and also had a great mix of humor in with it. Basically it is a great self-improvement book that keeps you intensely interested beginning to end by offering out true advice mixed in with incredibly humorous sarcastic side notes. Rating: - The idea itself is appalling to an old fuddy- duddy The basic idea is that by faking it in life you can make it ways you could not otherwise. The attempt is to provide all kinds of suggestions, mostly humorous which the guys can use to make themselves get whatever it is they happen to want in life. But the basic idea as I understand it, and here I am an old fuddy- duddy is appalling. It is really recommending that 'dishonesty' be at the heart of whatever the person does. What the authors say is that everyone does the things they recommend, and that they therefore are excusable. Here are some small examples. They say the person should pretend to know about classical music when they do not by answering the question as to which is their favorite composer by saying Mozart or Bach. They then say if there are further questions you can be dismissive to hide one's ignorance. This sounds to me like a trick a three year old would be able to detect the phoniness of. Another example they give is when someone wishes to convince others that they are handy. The authors recommend buying a cordless drill by which one can put a hole in anything. This sounds ridiculous and inane. Perhaps I have been away from college for too many years. But I think it might be a better idea for the authors to devote their next project to the idea of how each one can truly make himself a better person by being more honest to and considerate of others. And this because also fooling others is most often a way of showing one 's disrespect for them. Rating: - Completely worthless if your not male. I bought this book because I thought it would be an enjoyable read. I liked the cover that made it look like the funny and helpful advice inside would be for both men and women. Upon reading it I found that it was only written for men. Each section has interesting things to say, and yes some are helpful, but very few things in this book apply to women. The fashion section doesn't even cover women's clothing at all. I think if they're going to put both genders on the cover they really should apply to both. Women could use amusing advice as well. I'm not a feminist, but I couldn't help but feel like it was pointless for me to read how to buy a suit. I read the prior book by CollegeHumor and it wasn't so single sided. I expected the same from this one, but instead wound up feeling like I was living in the 50's with how it was written. Rating: - A funny book by a funny website College Humor gets all grown up with their new book about faking it in the real world. Granted, it's still aimed at college students, but with its tips on how to pull off some of the crazy shit only guys (like myself) in the college humor.com age group would want and be able to pull off with skill! Granted, it's not as funny as their first book, but this is still definitely worth a read. The crew took a very original approach to a style of fratire that's been beat to death over the past year, and pulled it off with gusto--they should get gold star just for that! If you're looking for a fun, easy read that you can just pick up, flip through casually and still get a genuine dose of entertainment out of it, this book is perfect. I may be a little biased since I used to write for the site, but honestly, I wouldnt give it a good review if I didnt think it was worth while. Check it out. Michael Ferrari Author, "Assault on the Senses" page 2 of  3  1  2  3