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Add this book to your favorite list ». Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Aug 29, Jason rated it it was ok Shelves: library-audio. The topics were interesting and valid, but also sort of cliche and regurgitated.
My question for all of the customer service and better managment books is: why is everything up to only those providing customer service? Why do people expect good customer service if they were not good customers? It is setting up the world for more and more rudeness, shortness and disingenuous relationships. I totally understand the need for good customer service and try to provide it at all times even with bad cus The topics were interesting and valid, but also sort of cliche and regurgitated.
I totally understand the need for good customer service and try to provide it at all times even with bad customers, but bending over backwards to satisfy someone that I have a good relationship with is much easier and less grating than doing the same for someone who treats me as nothing more than a means to an end.
This unilateral, "my needs are more importnant" attitude is even demonstrated by the author, although I know he was trying to get across a point and may have shortened the story. He was assigned to bring chairs to a party for a friend and forgot to do so, when his friend confronted him and said "that figures" the author got upset and concerned for the way he was treated.
It later came out that the friend was just having a bad day and said that because everything else had gone wrong so why not have no chairs too. What the left out, or didn't do in real life, was to take his own advice! You forgot the chairs, take 3 seconds to "own" the fact that the failure was yours and stop thinking about the hosts reaction and "do" something to remedy your mistake. Instead of, I'm sorry I forgot, your the react should have been I'm sorry I forgot, let me go back and get them or call Billy who isn't here yet because I know he has chairs too.
As a guest to the party you are essentially the party's customer, but that doesn't relieve you of all of the responsibility in the relationship. Someone should write the book on being a good customer, if this book already exists please let me know. A short but powerful motivational book on the importance of not giving in to our first impulses. PROS: This book is one of those books short enough for anyone to read it and yet powerful enough to make you think about its contents.
Parrott writes each chapter in a dynamic way that challenges you without being too pushy or sounding preachy. His are examples of real people with real life situations that anyone has experienced.
Maybe it is because of this, down-to-earth approach that the book fe A short but powerful motivational book on the importance of not giving in to our first impulses. Maybe it is because of this, down-to-earth approach that the book feels like a talk with a good friend who knows you enough to talk directly about your weaknesses without sounding cocky about himself.
CONS: To be honest the whole "3 second" thing is nothing much than a moniker. There is nothing mystical about the number even though Dr. Parrott repeats it as if it were so.
The book could have easily called 4 or 5 seconds, because the whole point is to encourage people to take time for reflection instead of following the natural and reactive instinct that we all feel in a given situation. Even if you are a person who dislikes psychology and self-help books, you could benefit from this book and its frank writing style.
Highly recommended. Oct 20, Sergiusz Golec rated it really liked it. You could've thought that "3 Seconds" is about bad sex experience; or an explosion. But No. Most of the time, you'll find short interesting stories, with a practical leverage for your life.
Moral and exercises included. And even if you can guess the global moral of the book - the light content, and entertaining stories - made it worth reading. What would it make better for me? Skipping the religious aspects 3 of them. Replacing known stories with less popular.
Update some of the exercises, be You could've thought that "3 Seconds" is about bad sex experience; or an explosion. Update some of the exercises, because Preaching - do not reach me; so it would be better to let me think and reflect on my own. A lot of common sense in this book presented from an author who ties it together with examples in a simple and digestible fashion.
The constant theme of vision, passion and perseverance in order to achieve personal goals is always a worth being reminded of. Jan 16, Michael Tarpinian rated it really liked it Shelves: christian , development , growth , personal , success , living. The six impulses:1 give up before trying; 2 shun a challenge; 3 settle for the status quo; 4 shirk responsibility; 5 do the mere minimum; 6 avoid taking action.
I would read this again. Really good stuff. Listened to audio version of book. Les has some excellent points about not second guessing yourself or others based on our initial thoughts and responses. Sep 08, Stacey rated it it was amazing. I thought this book was fantastic. It is short so I think everyone should read it. It had so many good points, I enjoyed the whole thing. Sep 01, Sharon rated it it was ok. Some good things, I guess. Kind of a mix of common sense, cliche, hyperbole, and watered down spirituality.
I was asked to read it for work, otherwise this is not my type of book. The better attitudes are better attitudes. Each of the 6 impulses are described with a particular voice inside your head. They are 1. I can procrastinate or fail to make the most of every possible opportunity that comes my way, but in general, this is not the way I think or live my life.
The writing was repetitive. The 3 seconds was just chosen because it sounds good, I think. Why not 5 seconds or 3 minutes. What proof is there for 3 seconds? Or how about this one? But, Parrot is known for being a Christian speaker, educator and author. So why is there so little mention of God or Jesus or prayer and how these affect our attitudes, behaviors and outcomes?
It differs from coincidence in that serendipity implies not just a happenstance, but an underlying meaningful pattern. And I may be using this forum for an emotional release. Apr 20, Mat rated it really liked it. A good book overall that is a reminder of mostly common sense concepts.
These concepts can easily be forgotten and I appreciate the author taking a somewhat rudimentary approach. Parrot is a solid writer and this book is engaging for the most part. It delivers on what it intends to do: it discusses our natural impulses and suggests ways to combat them. Was this review helpful? Flag as inappropriate.
I have been pleasantly surprised about this book. It has such a practical application to so many areas of life from completing a tough school load to a quest for physical fitness. It really identifies what separates those who "turn lemons to lemonade" and those who don't in such a way that anyone can benefit from the application. I am a Therapist and this was a gift from my wife for use in my work. I have found it an amazing book.
I have gained many insights for myself and will also be referring future clients to this book. Michael Clark. Good read, well done.
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