Started slow; ended strong
The book had a slow start and I originally thought that I would not finish it because it seemed to just be a lot of opinion. Then it picked up - FAST! It had strong examples, facts, stories, appropriate quotes. By the time I was done reading it I could hardly put it down. I was telling my wife about it and using recommendations in my business. I would definitely recommend it for business people and students before going into the work force.

If you've every said "paradigm" you need this book
This is an awesome book. Cut the crap, use real words, and we'd never have to hear "paradigm" again. Any "enterprise-oriented human capital asset" (aka business person) who uses "bandwidth" to describe anything other than internet speed should be locked up until they've memorized the lessons in this book!

Exactly as listed, great purchase!
This book is in perfect condition exactly as it was presented. Shipped quickly and arrived in great time. Well worth every cent.

If you don't like this book, it's because it hits too close to home.
I love this book. It cuts to the chase and provides practical advice for making presentations and meetings interesting. Page after page, it will keep the reader laughing, because he or she will recognize his or her own Crimes Against Plain Speaking. I have used its lessons many times since reading the book, and I can say it has made me a better presenter.

Hold that Jargon
"Hold that jargon!". Monty Phyton couldn't have done better in destroying all that jargon we so much hate. "Downsizing", "reengineering", "aligning", "holistic", all these words get a paradigm shift (oops, sorry!); the authors have pushed the envelope (sorry again) in depicting the four capital traps in the language of business: obscurity, anonymity, hard-sell and the tedium trap. They do that with humor, as when they offer us a "Special Bonus Feature", the Stupid Generic Photograph (SGP), which, as they put it, "add mass without content at no additional cost" to PowerPoint presentations. They really know how to make us think outside the box (oh, no, not again!) and show us the thoughtware (that's enough!) we can get from people who show their humanity, like Warren Buffett and his plain English speeches when admitting his mistakes or from people like Virgin's Richard Branson, who "readily admits to his dyslexia and is generally ill at ease when interviewed in public". At the start, the book sounded repetitive, but, a few pages later, it started to sound very funny and instructive. A must read!