This is an excellent book, but my favorite chapters concern "cheats" and video body language which is completely different from live interaction. Excellent insight. Julie shows you how to make the camera work for you. This book will be required reading for my entire sales staff.
And remember- the camera is your friend! Director of Sales North America, Givaudan. Practical, directly actionable, and often surprising, Look Me In The Eye has me sitting straighter, engaging more effectively, and communicating more successfully over the web. Author, Great Demo! Not any more! Release date September 11, Canada.
United Kingdom. Olha-me nos Olhos. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 20 minutes. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Edit page. See the full list. Watch the video. Recently viewed Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. He states that some have said that people with Asperger's or autism have no desire to interact socially with others. He corrects this way of thinking. He wanted to interact, would loved to have been accepted, but didn't know how.
He eventually quit trying because he couldn't take any more rejections from the children he was trying to make friends with. His life took some wild curves and turns, and it wasn't until he was in his 40s that he was diagnosed with Asperger's. His life was unbelievable, but completely human at the same time. And something he's learned since writing this book and doing book tours is that it's a common thing for humans to yearn for acceptance, even as they feel rejection.
And no one is immune. I loved the humor. My favorite part was when he was determined to make friends with Chuckie. He decided that to introduce himself, he would pet her on the head. His reasoning is that dogs liked it, it's how they made friends, and that he liked it. It calmed him down and soothed him when his mom would rub his head and arm at night. Her reaction wasn't quite what he was going for. She smacked him.
Undeterred, but confused, he decided to try again, this time with a stick. His reasoning was that if she couldn't reach him, she couldn't smack him. Unfortunately, the teacher didn't see it that way. The paperback is a revised version that he pruposefully cleaned up the language for because he knew there might be younger people reading his book.
My only quibble was that it ended. I loved the book and hope he writes more in the future. My favorite line: "It's not a disease. It doesn't need curing. It's just how you are. Several times I laughed out loud, and then was stumped how to answer my son's question, "What's so funny, Momma? While I loved reading the many misadventures of Robison, I also felt a great deal of sorrow; for his troubled childhood and for how misunderstood he was as a person with Asperger's.
The tru I really enjoyed this book. The true value in this book is that Robison educates readers on Asperger's. How differently Aspergians his word view the world, and while they may seem cold and unaware, they are not. Apr 20, Petra X wants to enjoy being alone, not lonely rated it liked it Shelves: psycho-neurology-crime , reviewed. I did a whole bloody review and it disappeared. When I stop being cross about it I will write a proper one. I wish there was an automatic save function as there is on some blogging sites.
Hate hate hate losing a review. View all 13 comments. May 25, Marissa rated it did not like it. I really wanted to like this book. I was reading it for a class and had to compare it to other accounts of people with Asperger's. However, not only did I dislike it due to the poor writing, but also because it really didn't seem to agree with Robison's assessment of Asperger's. A lot of what he attributes to the condition dangerous pranks, manipulation, lying seems less to do with him being an Aspie than him just being a jerk.
I couldn't see the humor in his interactions or his pranks, Like I really wanted to like this book. I couldn't see the humor in his interactions or his pranks, Like leaving his brother head first in a deep hole, or making "cocaine" at work despite his dismissal in epilogue claiming no one got hurt. I was also rubbed the wrong way by the tone of the book.
I realize that Robison overcame a lot in his life, but his writing came off too smug for me to have any other emotions other than dislike towards him.
For example, he claims that he single handedly saves the toy company that he worked for Not that he got any credit. I also found it frustrating that he desired to be understood and treated with respect by others, but lacked the same courtesy towards others.
For example in his chapter about naming, he talks about naming people what he like He calls his wife Unit 2, and his parents Slave and Stupid , but gets angry when they don't respect his made-up names. Last, I was troubled with Robison's chapter about how Asperger's is essentially a choice.
He writes how he was able to improve his communication and his interactions with the outside world. He was able to do this because he "chose Door 1" and didn't withdraw into himself. He feels badly for children who "choose Door 2" and become uncommunicative. I feel like by making Asperger's seem like a choice, it disrespects and blames the children and their families who are on a different part of the spectrum.
Feb 23, Steven rated it it was amazing. I've been looking for a book like this since summer when my year-old was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. I was confused about what his future prospects were. What could I expect? Would he be living with me the rest of his life? Could he be productive in society? Since that time I have heard of other Aspergians who have been successful to varying degrees but have never talked to one about their experiences. He has the ability to step through his thought process to pinpoint where his thinking differs from the "Normal" person.
And it all makes sense. So much so that I first began wondering if his way of thinking didn't make more sense, then wondering if Aspergian aren't more normal than the normal person, and finally, "Maybe I'm a bit Aspergerish myself. The only caveat I would mention is the language is rather rough throughout the book, and if you have a son who is already predispositioned toward sick and elaborate practical jokes, don't let him read this.
However, if you are a parent of an Aspergian, this should be required reading. View all 4 comments. Jan 10, Elizabeth R.
Reviewing this book will be a complex affair; I gave it four stars but I wouldn't say I "liked" or "enjoyed" it. It was certainly educational, about Aspies yes, but also about humanity in general. The book often made me angry, however, with its characteristic habits which I find among "normal" men as well as Aspies of blowing off anything that he personally wasn't interested in or good at as unimportant Ma Reviewing this book will be a complex affair; I gave it four stars but I wouldn't say I "liked" or "enjoyed" it.
Many "normal" people experience the same sufferings that he describes, only we suck it up and learn to cope, or pretend to cope. And not all "normal" people prefer platitudes to actual conversation -- and when we do, it is often for a functional reason. So I hope he gets off his "actually, this is better" place, and grows up some more. So the book was often infuriating.
But maybe that's just me. I will have to think about that. I do hope to review it eventually, but for now I'm really glad I've finally finished it. I read the paperback, which apparently has been "cleaned up" in terms of language compared to the original hardcover.
The hardcover has been left raw. So read them both if you like. Sep 12, Emily rated it it was amazing. This is one of the best books I've read all year - and the cover is fantastic too. I've been reading the author's blog jerobison. It's really one guy's story about trying to get through life - but he happens to be Augusten Burrough's brother, he worked for KISS for several years and he has Asperger's - well-written, clever and funny in so many ways.
Jun 16, Anna rated it really liked it. I'd been tempted to give Robison 3 stars, wished I could give 3. The problem is not in his ability to tell it, but the genre. Memoirists focus on details and scenes from their lives that they want to convey without giving us enough context or background to appreciate what we're reading. This has always bothered me. However, as a long-time fan of Augusten Burroughs, his brother famous for "Dry" and "Runn I'd been tempted to give Robison 3 stars, wished I could give 3.
However, as a long-time fan of Augusten Burroughs, his brother famous for "Dry" and "Running with Scissors," I was very interested to experience Robison's point of view, especially given his Asberger's condition. I wanted more about the family dynamics and more information about the other characters in the book, but again, because this is a memoir, we only get details about Robison's inner life, and the focus seems to deviate.
I came away with an even greater awe-struck appreciation for the genius of both brothers -- having lived through such chaotic instability with their parents' mental illness and addictions, they became such slam-bang successes. Their levels of achievement in their respective careers -- Robison has had three and rubbed shoulders with many of the rich and famous of our times, and Burroughs is a beloved best-selling author -- would be enviable for anyone, but the fact that they made it themselves without any family support as essentially homeless high school dropouts is tremendous.
Their stories are so inspiring that they nearly demand the reader to re-think their own ambitions in life. This book was a bit odd. It wasn't really about Asperger's as much as it was the story of Robison's life thus far - he wasn't diagnosed with any type of autistic disorder until he was in his later 30s.
There were parts that were quite interesting, but nothing seemed really cohesive. Not bad, exactly, just not great. Sep 15, Patricia Puddle rated it it was amazing Shelves: inspirations-books , y-a , recomendations , autobiographies. I loved this book. It's the true story of a boy named John Robison's struggle to connect with people. He wonders why he isn't like other kids and why they don't hang around with him.
When he's a teenager, he is always dismantling things like radios and burying his little brother in holes in the ground. All this has him looked upon as weirdo. His mother speaks to light fixtures and his farther is always drunk in the evenings, so John's only friends seem to be the machines he tinkers with - least I loved this book.
His mother speaks to light fixtures and his farther is always drunk in the evenings, so John's only friends seem to be the machines he tinkers with - least they are reliable in his mind. Finally, at the age of forty John gets some answers when a therapist informs him that he has a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome, which changed the way Robison sees himself, and the world.
Because I was a very mischievous child myself, I found this story really interesting and couldn't help feeling sorry for this boy as a child and how lonely he must have been.
I struggled to learn as a child, but I was lucky enough to have a happy childhood, full of friends and siblings to play with and wonderful parents. John Robison's story is a funny autobiography of a child growing up with Asberger's Syndrome. John tells the story in such a funny and interesting way so that the reader know what it was like and gives an insight into his thoughts.
He also tells how he had to leave his little brother with their two nutty parents, though that boy grew up to also be an author and wrote 'Writing with Scissors', which I'm dying to read. John learns in his adult years to connect to people like he always wanted and gets married. I added this part as it inspires people with these type of problems, either with their children or themselves, to read books such as this.
John is a great gifted person and an inspiration as well as being a great writer and comedian. I highly recommend this book. Sep 21, Maya rated it really liked it Shelves: memoir I was just saying the other day that it's interesting to read the family connection between John Elder Robison and his more well-known writing sibling; you can see a literary resemblance between John and his brother.
Reading this book is like reading Augusten, if Augusten had Asperger's, if that makes any sense. Aside from being highly entertaining in its own right as a memoir, I found this highly educational as an inside glimpse into the mind of someone with Asperger's. The most striking thing I I was just saying the other day that it's interesting to read the family connection between John Elder Robison and his more well-known writing sibling; you can see a literary resemblance between John and his brother.
The most striking thing I took away from it mirrors the initial insight I got from reading Born on a Blue Day an incredibly moving book, btw --that people with Asperger's and with autism really want and crave connections with other people, and that it's incredibly frustrating to them that they can't decipher the social codes that allow them to make those connections.
This may not be an insight to some, but for myself I have to say that I had always assumed that it was a function of people with autism-spectrum disorder that they didn't enjoy interacting with others. That they do, and in many instance can't or have to fight so hard to make it happen, is profoundly sad to me. It would be easier, certainly, if it were just that the connections were unwanted. Sad as it may be, learning otherwise added a new dimension of compassion to my understanding of these disorders.
Back to John Robison--he's a funny guy, and it's hard to tell if it's intentional all the time, but I'll take it. Ali Cobrin. Claudia Christian. Haley Hudson. Marcus Giamatti. Matt Bushell. Officer Lewis. Torrents Tracker. Subtitle Source.
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