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Summary: A gentle reminder of how life is supposed to be lived!
Review: Richard Carlson is a wonderful and insightful writer. This book is such a comfort that I'm looking forward to reading again, and again.
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Summary: Money well spent!!!!!!
Review: The advice is so simple that you can incorporate it immediatley into your life. Take your time reading it, just a few chaptes a day, so that you can train yourself to recognize your usual patterns of dealing with situations/people and change it for the better. A great book I always recommend. Although, I can't vouch for the others books concentrating on Work/Home, I highly suspect this book it the only one of the series you will need.
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Summary: 'Self-Help' for those who hate it.
Review: I am someone who generally dislikes any sort of self-help book. They're usually facile and dull, and I particularly resist any sort of persuasion to 'be happy' or 'be well-adjusted'. I got this as a gift, and from pure reflex resisted opening it. But when I finally did, I was absorbed. The short topical chapters clarify all the types of self-sabotage, perversity, pettiness, and casual meanness we humanly indulge in, without making the reader feel like a total waste of oxygen. They're presented in a way that almost ensures a 'zing' of self-recognition. It made me realize just how much useless energy is expended on shoring up personal defenses. The advice -- which in general, can be summed up as 'letting go' -- can be hard to follow. One chapter that particularly struck me was about arguing, and how we stubbornly cling to our sense of rightness and refuse to yield an inch even to those we care about. I haven't quite gotten the hang of yielding yet, but I'm cultivating my zen a little at a time. This is the kind of book that a lot of people stumble across themselves, I think -- and if you give it as a gift, it probably means that you have your own copy already. ;-)
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Summary: It opens your eyes!
Review: This book is a great reminder of what life is about. Overall, it's all about common sense. It helps you open your eyes to your own life and reminds you to live and enjoy it as much as you can.
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Summary: Responding the US best selling book this year
Review: Hello everybody ! I was for a short buisness trip to Miami and on my way back to Denmark I saw they were selling Don't sweat the small stuff in New York airport. My first thought was,- if so many people in US had found this book interesting it must be ! And I must say it really move to something inside my body. I read the book at the flight before I arrive Copenhagen. Today I'm still reading and thinking what the values of the sentences in relation to my family and my life. I live in Denmark with my wife. We have two children Mette 23 Mads 23. They are studing in England but we visit and phone to them often. About the book dont hestitate with buying. I can warmly recommand. Best regard Jan Jensen Kildevangen 8382 Hinnerup Denmark
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Summary: Delighfully down to earth little book to keep with me always
Review: As I was reading each chapter, I was easily able to relate the content to my own experiences where I maybe overreacted to a situation, let something become all consuming or even just let something get under my skin unnecessarily. This is a practical guide to keeping life simple. I believe that this book should be read every six months or so just to help keep a proper perspective on what goes on around us. An excellent read!!!
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Summary: This book is very close to Asian culture.
Review: I love to have permission to translate this book into my mother tongue. Please advised how I can do so.
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Summary: wonderfully inspirational, Goes along with my 12 steps
Review: I truly love this book and continue reading it as a guide for life. It has the spiritual aspect that goes along with my 12 steps of recovery.It depicts how I can lead my live with a degree of comfortability by doing simple things to improve the quality of my existence. I am very grateful to know that the small stuff is just that, "SMALL STUFF". I believe I can live a long, full and rich life if I have faith, believe in God, and concentrate on the IMPORTANT things, like family, friends and people who need help.
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Summary: I can apply all chapters to my life EXCEPT for 1!
Review: I'm trying to apply many of these chapters to my life. HOWEVER, Chapter 41 got me (DONT' SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF...) Avoid Weatherproofing. You can't always LOOK OVER your spouses faults. I'm desperately wanting to, and have been for 12 years, a chemical dependancy that is a late night, after kids go to bed type dependancy. He's a great father and companion, but how far does a person go to TURN THEIR HEADS at each others faults! I think Dr. Carlson should have made it a little bit clearer about issues such as this. Individuals such as myself, may be grasping at some reasons to stay when they should go when habits above go to far! Don't get me wrong. THIS IS A GREAT BOOK! A. Barney, OKC, OK
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Summary: "Wow, this just happened to me!"
Review: "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" clearly is a great book. The best thing about it is, that from reading the first few pages you can immediately relate what the author says to your own life.
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