ENDORSEMENTS

 

"I love this book! I wish I would have written this book! This is skepticism for the real world, an introduction on how to think, a manual for the survival of the human race. Sharon Presley is the Ralph Nader of bad ideas, the consumer advocate of bogus claims and phony experts. This book is going to the head of the Skeptics book catalogue of must reading. You'll never read a newspaper or watch television news the same way again. If I were education czar I would require that every college student read this book before graduating into the real world."

Michael Shermer, Ph.D., Publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for Scientific American, author of Why People Believe Weird Things and The Borderlands of Science    

 

"With this book, Sharon Presley has done a great service not just to those of us who want to resist undue authority influence but to those of us who want to understand the psychology of how such influence occurs."

Robert B. Cialdini, Ph.D., author of Influence: Science and Practice

 

"A sensible, practical, easy-to-read book that could literally save your career, your sanity, or even your life.  Whenever we fail to think for ourselves, we become vulnerable to every authority and expert who crosses our paths. Sharon Presley shows us how to think for ourselves and to protect our rights in difficult and even life-threatening situations when dealing with authorities and experts.  Read this book and share it with your children."

Peter R. Breggin, MD, psychiatrist, Ithaca, New York, author of Wow, I'm an American!  How to Live Like Our Heroic Founders (2009) and Medication Madness.

 

"Sharon Presley is a consistent voice of insight and calm reasoning in a world of turmoil and frequent spin. She asks of us what we should ask of ourselves -- critical thinking and respect for our own rights and the rights of others as human beings. Such qualities often seem to be in short supply, but they can proliferate. Presley helps readers to make sense in the midst of the nonsensical and to engage in a process of searching for truth."

Norman Solomon, author of War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death

 

"Direct and to the point, Sharon Presley offers her readers great insights into why we sometimes succumb to being victims, and how to find our inner strength and practical solutions. A must read for women as well as men."

Arlyne Diamond, Ph.D., Management consultant, Diamond Associates

 

"Sharon Presley earned her Ph.D. in social psychology with Stanley Milgram, the man who shocked the world with his ground-breaking research on obedience to authority. Her new book, Standing Up to Experts and Authorities: How to Avoid Being Intimidated, Manipulated and Abused is a must read, not just for students of psychology, but for others as well. After all, who among us has not wanted to say "no" to a request from an authority figure, but didn't know how to do it? This book will teach you how."

Brad J. Bushman, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Communications, University of Michigan

 

"This sensible advice will really help people."

Patricia King, Patricia King Partners, author of Monster Boss and Never Work for a Jerk.