Libro stevee harvey

STEVE HARVEY
Denene Millner
Lady,
Act Like a
THINK LIKE A
Man
This book is dedicated to all women.
My hope is to empower you with a wide-open
look into the minds of men.
Introduction
Everything You Need to Know About
Men and Relationships Is Right Here 1
1 THE MIND-SET OF A MAN
1 What Drives Men 11
2 Our Love Isn’t Like Your Love 19
3 The Three Things Every Man Needs:
Support,Loyalty, and the Cookie 37
4 “We Need to Talk,” and Other Words
That Make Men Run for Cover 49
2 WHY MEN DO WHAT THEY DO
5 First Things First: He Wants to Sleep
with You 61
6 Sports Fish vs. Keepers: How Men
Distinguish Between the Marrying Types and the
Playthings 69
7 Mama’s Boys 85
8 Why Men Cheat 95
3 THE PLAYBOOK:
HOW TO WIN THE GAME
9 Men Respect Standards—Get Some 115
10 The FiveQuestions Every Woman Should
Ask Before She Gets in Too Deep 129
11 The Ninety-Day Rule: Getting the Respect
You Deserve 147
12 If He’s Meeting the Kids After You Decide
He’s “the One,” It’s Too Late 163
13 Strong, Independent—and Lonely—
Women 179
14 How to Get the Ring 193
15 Quick Answers to the Questions You’ve
Always Wanted to Ask 205
Acknowledgments 231
About the Author
CreditsCover
Copyright
About the Publisher
V
I’ve made a living for more than twenty years making people
laugh—about themselves, about each other, about family,
and friends, and, most certainly, about love, sex, and relationships.
My humor is always rooted in truth and full of wisdom—
the kind that comes from living, watching, learning,
and knowing. I’m told my jokes strike chords with peoplebecause
they can relate to them, especially the ones that explore
the dynamics of relationships between men and women. It
never ceases to amaze me how much people talk about relationships,
think about them, read about them, ask about them—
even get in them without a clue how to move them forward.
For sure, if there’s anything I’ve discovered during my journey
here on God’s earth, it’s this:(a) too many women are clueless
about men, (b) men get away with a whole lot of stuff in rela-
EVERYTHING Y OU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MEN
AND RELAT I ONSHIP S IS R I GHT HERE
tionships because women have never understood how men
think, and (c) I’ve got some valuable information to change all
of that.
I discovered this when my career transitioned to radio with
the Steve Harvey Morning Show.Back when my show was based
in Los Angeles, I created a segment called “Ask Steve,” during
which women could call in and ask anything they wanted to
about relationships. Anything. At the very least, I thought “Ask
Steve” would lead to some good comedy, and at first, that’s
pretty much what it was all about for me—getting to the jokes.
But it didn’t take me long to realize that what mylisteners,
mostly women, were going through wasn’t really a laughing
matter. They had dozens of categories of needs and concerns in
their lives that they were trying to get a handle on—dating,
commitment, security, family baggage, hopes for tomorrow,
spirituality, in-law drama, body image, aging, friendships, children,
work/home balance, education. You name the topic,
somebody asked me about it.And heading up the list of topics
women wanted to talk about was—you guessed it—men.
My female listeners really wanted answers—answers to
how to get out of a relationship what they’re putting into it.
On those “Ask Steve” segments, and later, through the
“Strawberry Letters” segment I do on the current incarnation
of the Steve Harvey Morning Show, women have made clear that
they want an evenexchange with men: they want their love
to be reciprocated in the same way they give it; they want
their romantic lives to be as rewarding as they make them for
their potential mates; they want the emotions that they turn
on full blast to be met with the same intensity; and they expect
the premium that they put on commitment to be equally adhered
to, valued, and respected. The problem for...