Gunn's Golden Rules : : Life's Little Lessons for Making it Work

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On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Make it work! -- The world owes you ... nothing -- Take the high road -- Don't abuse your power, or surrender it -- Get inspired if it kills you -- Never underestimate karma -- Niceties are nice -- Physical comfort is overrated -- Talk to me : there's always another side to the story -- Be a good guest or stay home (I won't judge you, I hate parties) -- Use technology, don't let it use you -- Don't lose your sense of smell -- Know what to get off your chest and what to take to the grave -- When in Rome ... I still wouldn't eat monkey brains -- When you need help, get it -- Take risks! playing it safe is never really safe -- Give back (but know your limits) -- Carry on!.
A television personality and fashion consultant offers a simple, accessible guidebook to help readers navigate all aspects of life. Filled with dishy stories of fashion's greatest divas, behind-the-scenes glimpses of "Project Runway's" biggest drama queens, and never-before-revealed insights into his private life, Gunn shares his personal secrets for "making it work"--in your career, relationships, and life.

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Gunn's Golden Rules submitted by emjane on July 14, 2012, 8:44pm Gunn’s Golden Rules:Life's Little Lessens for Making it Work claims to be an etiquette book. And, as I was reading the introduction, where Gunn says the etiquette he cares about boils down to “just be nicer,” I was completely on board (I may have even said, “Yes, yes, I agree!” aloud). And then came the book. It was a strange amalgamation of manners tips, Project Runway anecdotes, and catty stories of people’s rudeness, peppered with all too many catchphrases (“Make it work,” anyone?). Not what I wanted.

What bothered me most about Gunn’s Golden Rules was how terribly scattered it was; it jumped from one story to another without transition—it seemed like it might be Gunn’s cocktail party conversation. I would’ve cut Gunn some slack—after all, he’s not a writer—but the book was co-written. Yes, there’s a little “with Ada Calhoun” on the cover. If you bring in a writer to help you with the book, the writing had better be decent.

Enjoyed submitted by .-.-.-. on August 26, 2017, 4:06pm Enjoyed it. --DFZ

Golden Rules submitted by JY 2005 on July 31, 2018, 8:05pm Talks about Gunn's opinion on how you should live your life, helpful!

Conversational. submitted by terpsichore17 on August 10, 2018, 11:37am To be quite honest, I thought "Lessons for Making It Work" indicated the Tim Gunn approach to problem-solving. It was not quite that (though I suppose etiquette could be regarded as a means of ~interpersonal~ problem-solving).

Must agree with emeloche about the scattered nature of the book. It was a quick read and diverting, but trying, I think, to be too many things to all people (with a side of preaching to the choir; anyone who really needs this advice probably wouldn't pick the book up to begin with).