My office mate’s friend, Jessica Dorfman Jones, just published her first book called The Art of Cheating. My office mate, who has never cheated in his life, says that the book is a "snarky guide to getting your way in life." He enjoyed it a lot.
The author will be reading on November 6th at Union Hall on Union Street just east of 5th Avenue.
Here’s the blurb from the book:
Who
says you should always tell the truth? With this handy informational
guidebook you can con your way through life — from finessing your
resume, to lying about your age, to getting a date. Whether you’ve
decided to cheat out of sheer desperation or the need to get ahead, The Art of Cheating
provides essential tips and guidelines for how to be the ultimate
swindler, and how to spot the con artists among us. You’ll learn what
it takes to be a great cheater, and the pros and cons to every swindle.
As a newly minted master of deception, you’ll be able to cheat:• On a diet
• On your spouse or significant other (or both!)
• On your taxes
• On standardized tests
• Death
And more! With clever illustrations and humorous deadpan delivery, The Art ofCheating
will have you sleeping your way to the top, faking an illness, and
forging someone else’s handwriting — without batting an eye.
Do you know where I can find a pic of Jessica Dorfman Jones?
Thanks,
PaulaNealMooney.com
it would seem that those who elevate cheating to an “art” have specifically cultivated the ability to abandon any moral judgements, confusion or ambivalence about it.
Here’s the problem with cheating as an “art,” having nothing to do with moral judgements, but rather with our own health. In an amazing book called, “MOLECULES OF EMOTION,” written by a neuroscientist named Candace Pert, she talks about how lying, cheating and general dishonesty, even to ourselves creates physical and emotional stress and dysfunction at the biomolecular level. Here’s an excerpt from the book:
“There is a profound physiological reason why self-honesty is stress-reducing. The emotions bring the whole body into a single purpose, integrating systems and coordinating mental processes and biology to create behavior. When we are at cross-purposes, however, going through the motions, saying one thing, but doing or meaning another, then our emotions are confused, we suffer a lack of integrity, and our physiological integrity is likewise altered.”
Peter Loffredo, LCSW
http://fullpermissionliving.blogspot.com/