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This is a great bathroom book. You go in constipated and come out motivated. Perfect for today’s busy reader. There’s even a condensed version within the book for “Emergency Situations”. You don’t have to start this book from the beginning. Just pick a chapter of interest and go for it.I wrote this book to fire people up to communicate better, lower stress levels, and add value and enjoyment to personal lives.The book contains proven simple tools to uncomplicate lives. People will try simple. They don’t like difficult, psychobabble or books they feel they are going for college credit. They want something they can start using today!Each of the fifty-two short burst chapters explains a Nugget (skill) of life that can improve communication and relationships. They describe remarkable, practical, humorous, and common experiences to inspire change. This book will be referred to again and again to answer your questions about stress, communication and relationships.About the AuthorFire “Captain Bob” Smith is a 28-year veteran firefighter, speaker, publisher, humorist and author of the book “FIRE UP YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS”. He is a recognized speaker and authority on stress, communication and relationship skills, frequent talk show guest (completing 116 interviews in the last year), as well as a member of the prestigious National Speakers Association. He is listed in Who’s Who in Professional Speaking. The Captain is scheduled to be a guest on the Barbara Walters Show “The View” on August 30, 1999.Top customer reviewsThe first mistake that I made was listening to the ratings that other people put on here. Captain Bob has made a lot of money on his program, which is just silly. If you liked his overpriced, outdated, self-loving program, you’ll enjoy this book. It’s advertised as a promotional guide to improve your communication skills for your interview. It is not. It’s more of an assumption that you need advice on your marriage from an old man living in the past. Maybe you do have marriage problems? You’re better off finding solutions to those in the bottom of a whiskey bottle. Junk, junk, junk, junk. There’s only one place for Captain Bob’s nuggets. You can guess where I’d put them.This book is great “bedtime reading for everyone”. The flame that is created by practicing the “exercises from the heart”, is eternal. Even before fully experiencing the rewards promised by the author, I felt excited by all of the possibilities as I read about the stories of others. If we all commit to tossing into the “bonfire” all of our old habits that are not working in the best interest of our relationships, could you imagine what the new century will hold for all of us. I particularly love the chapter on “Flower Therapy”. My partner is a musician, frequently he purchases flowers on his way home from a “gig” and they are on the kitchen table when I start my day. Wow!!! “Captain Bob” covers the most important issues in relationships, “The Love Bank Deposits”, and “Contracts For Clarity”. This book is soooooo easy to read because it is full of humor, the soother of the soul. Highly digestible material and well said in “plain talk”. This is the kind of book that, even after being read from cover to cover, will be a valuable resource of reminders that keep the candle of romance burning forever!!!!!!!Paperback: 315 pagesPublisher: Code 3 Pub (October 1, 1997)http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Your-Communication-Skills-Underst…