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Summary: Inspiring
Review: "Repacking Your Bags" provides great pointers to me about how I can 'Live passionately for today & purposefully for tomorrow'. It is interestingly written, & has inspired me to align the four essential elements (relationship, work, place, purpose) of a happy life.
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: "Repacking Your Bags" provides great pointers to me about how I can 'Live passionately for today & purposefully for tomorrow'. It is interestingly written, & has inspired me to align the four essential elements (relationship, work, place, purpose) of a happy life.
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Summary: Excellent! What to do with the rest of your life.
Review: Exlains how 4 essentials(your work, where you live, your relationships and your life's purpose)have everything to do with achieving a satisfying lifestyle. Interestingly written. Not pedantic. Provides a guide to assessing where you are and where you want to go. A must-read for anyone over 40. Can't wait to read "The Power of Purpose."
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Summary: old news
Review: For those wishing guidelines and inspiration for a new direction in life, there are a number of better titles. The advice here is mostly recycled from other sources. The author uses the metaphor of "re-packing your bags" for discarding whatever's worn out or excessive or redundant in your life to facilitate moving on. The material is fairly low-key and soft-focus, not that useful. The book design and production was done on the cheap too, it seems.
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Summary: Not for everyone......
Review: I enjoyed reading through this book. The stories of their life experiences were interesting. The exercises are somewhat helpful, but the benefit of this book is limited. For most of the book, it is assumed that you have already met your life partner for your journey. For those of us that have not, this book is only partly helpful. I found it a very frustrating read especially during the "Relationship Bags" section and each section thereafter. I did find it refreshing, however, that no religious inferences or direct references were made in any part of this book. It's difficult to find self exploration books that don't in someway "sell" a religion.
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Summary: Not for everyone......
Review: I enjoyed reading through this book. The stories of their life experiences were interesting. The exercises are somewhat helpful, but the benefit of this book is limited. For most of the book, it is assumed that you have already met your life partner for your journey. For those of us that have not, this book is only partly helpful. I found it a very frustrating read especially during the "Relationship Bags" section and each section thereafter. I did find it refreshing, however, that no religious inferences or direct references were made in any part of this book. It's difficult to find self exploration books that don't in someway "sell" a religion.
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Summary: Another cutesy, light-weight, pop-psychology, feel good book
Review: I put this book on the top of my list of books that needn't be read. A four page pamphlet would have been a more appropriate forum.In fact, four lines would do it: 1. Simplify--you don't need everything you've accumulated, including material goods, attitudes, beliefs, and relationships. 2. Learn to enjoy the process, and quit focusing on the ultimate goal. 3. Humor is a basic food group: make sure you have some every day. 4. At the end of each day you should be able to say "this was a day well lived."
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Summary: Repacking Your Bags : Lighten Your Load for the Rest of Your
Review: It's a good book for anyone who want to live life more happier
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Summary: What does success mean to you now?
Review: Lots of us are now facing career and life changes whether through layoffs or a sense of "It's time." This book can help you crystallize your own goals, your own vision for what you want to be and do. It's different for everyone. But what do you say when you get that interview question, or one like it? A successful answer is one that differentiates you from other candidates while striking a chord in the interviewer that speaks to the employer's own goals and values. I've had similar questions--"Where do you want to be in 10 years?" Twelve years ago I had the answer, and I've done most of it and more in my career, and was proud of it. Lots of my achievements have furthered the business of the companies that employed me. An interviewer may look for an answer that reflected the kind of job you do. If it's sales or production, then your answer may be "Consistently beating my daily, weekly, quarterly and annual forecasts." If it's design, "Consistently stretching the boundaries of what is possible while keeping my feet firm in what we can plausibly implement with high quality standards." If it's customer service, you might be mentioning similar high quality standards while keeping people happy. And so on. And you elaborate. But that's not all there is, is there? Right now I'm ready to follow the advice in the book: "Living in the Place you Belong,
with the People you Love,
doing the Right Work,
on Purpose." Defining and elaborating each of the four is up to you, but it's a good starting point for those kinds of questions. Periodically reviewing your vision of success is also supposed to be a good way to avoid mid-life crises. Because you will grow in your work and life, you will change your mind about certain things. The idea is to define your life for yourself. I recommend this book to get you to ask yourself the right questions, identify unnecessary baggage, and embark on your journey.
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Summary: an experiential tool
Review: Rather than prescribing a formula for happiness and fulfillment, Dick sets out a map that guides one's own inner journey. The reflective exercises make this book a tool for personal learning.
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