Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Communication Skills Training
Richard Hawkins · 2020
53/100
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This one tries to cover a lot of ground in a single book — social anxiety, body language, active listening, charisma — from a working life coach. That breadth is a plus for a browser, but it also means nothing gets the deep-dive treatment, and there's no outside review to confirm it delivers on all fronts.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety68
Substance / usefulness55
Craft & writing55
Originality42
Evidence & accuracy52
Hype vs delivers50
Age-fit65
Human-eye read52
Penny’s verdict53
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