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Summary: There is NO FORMULA folks!
Review: Don't be too swayed by the negative reviews of this book. In my opinion, they didn't read carefully enough.
This is not a pedantic Career Change manual.
It is not a Success Bible.
This is not Tony Robbins manic hype.
I made a lot of notes as I read the book, and like anything else, you get what you put into it.
Destiny, True Calling, Adversity, Failure, Meaning, Fear, Passion, Money, Trial and Error, Family, Ethics, Purpose, Persistence, Environment, Prestige, Identity, BIG PICTURE...There is no Epiphany.
It is a whisper, a glimmer, an unfolding, that can take many years.
You are NOT going to come out of this book and figure out your life! Thats the point!
There is NO FORMULA folks!
Thats what you get in Guidance Counsellor class, that sends you down the wrong path in the first place!
Its about discovering your own Voice.
Expressing your unique abilities in service to the world.
This is a very good book.
In my view, those who gave it the scathing reviews just missed its point, or just didn't get it.
Trust your Intuition.
Bill
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Summary: I found out exactly what to do with my life now!
Review: This book was extremely helpful for myself and my brother. It contains a plethora of information which was quite helpful. Little over two years ago I was an underachiever and drug abuser and I always asked myself, "Is this how I want to do with my life?" But now after reading this book I have gained the self confidence to graduate from university and find a job to hide my habits. My brother wondered how I appeared to turn my life around and I suggested this book to him, and now he has finally got his lazy self a half decent job in a career he enjoys. If you enjoyed this book I suggest reading more from the author!
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Summary: Misleading Title. There are better books than this one
Review: Expecting a novelist to provide cogent and compelling insight into the purpose of life is as ridiculous as consulting an actor about your pesonal finances. Bronson is an entertainer, not a man of wisdom, and it shows throughout this book. He's a good storyteller but the book should have been more accurately titled "Nice stories about people I've met, with a lot of information about me thrown in."
There are a lot better books on the market that answer the question "What Should I do with my life?" including "The Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren and the older books by C.S. Lewis and James Packer.
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Summary: No longer needed...
Review: I've been waiting for this book to be published for several months now, but I find I no longer need it. A few months ago I found "The Pathfinder" by Nicholas Lore. It's a very powerful "workbook" for exploring how to identify your own unique gifts, traits, desires, etc. and to match them to a career (and life) that you really want. It even gives practical advice on resume building, interviewing, etc. As someone who has read many a self-help book, this one blows them all away. It is truly powerful. Maybe you want to dwell on how other people "found their calling". I don't. I want to find out about ME and what I should be doing! I don't have an axe to grind one way or the other, but if this review helps anyone, so much the better (for YOU).
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Summary: Stories of Change
Review: In the grand sense of Studs Turkel, this book delves into people's lives. It is not a self-help book. It does not have answers. It isn't supposed to have answers. It is simply a book about how other people have handled change in their life, both when they have chosen that changed, and more commonly, when that change chose them. Po writes eloquently, for he is on the same journey as the people he is writing about. And his story, interspersed with theirs, is just as intriguing, if not moreso, because of his experiences with these people. I am 36 years old, and am going through my own struggle of a career change. I have found what I want to do with my life, but making that change is not easy. And I am not about to ignore the responsibilities I have to my family while I go through this career change. I have read other books that take on the Nike empowerment of "Just Do It," but forget the fact that life doesn't work that way all of the time. This book deals with that through personal stories, that I found encouraging. True, some stories will relate more to some people than others, but that is the nature of stories and people. A highly recommended book to someone who isn't looking for a "how-to" or "self-help" book, but a reassurance through shared experiences that the struggle of that change is part of the process. And that it may not be easy, and it may not look exactly as you expect, but that "better" is out there.
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Summary: Don't waste your life with this book!
Review: Short, sweet and just NOT worthy of an adult's attention. What appears to be a good insight into finding direction in your life is ACTUALLY a disconnected portrait of many people changing their lives. I felt the book just didn't come across as I had intended it too, and wound up feeling like I had just finished the supreme 'head scratcher' of all books. If you are looking for some direction or trying to facilitate some change in your life, do NOT waste your time or attention on this junk. It will only add to your confusion at an already confusing time in your life.
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Summary: What you should do with this book.
Review: ASK FOR Y0UR MONEY BACK!!! While Po appears to have some talent as a writer - he failed in delivering his promise to his readers. The book did not inspire me and frankly left me extremely dissapointed.
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Summary: Feel Pity for all the anwer seekers
Review: This is a great book in that it offers no answers! What is does offer is solace, thought and insight for the many people going through these changes and recognizing that others have had the same emotions/fears/feelings in similar situations. If you want a recipe that will make you feel better about your life, go buy a Betty Crocker Cake Mix. If you want to get a better feel for the uncertainty of life and choices (and maybe the little nudge that will make you step off that cliff into the nebulous unknown) read this book.
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Summary: anecdotal sociology
Review: The author evidently interviewed nearly a thousand people before selecting 50 odd stories to tell. While the selection bias is evident in the stories, overall it provides grist for the mill of "how might I plan the rest of my life". No answers but I wasn't expecting any. Were you? Some reviewers were bothered by the author's interjecting himself in the cast and into others lives. I found it humanizing. I supect the author is still wrestling with the what should I do with my life question himself, trying to decide whether to do social work or write. Stick with writing.
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Summary: The answer is still missing
Review: Reading the inside flap of the book, the author says this is a book on how fifty people try to answer the question: What should I do with my life? It continues that most people have failed, some are still in the process, and two have actually succeeded. Now, a person skimming over this would say, "Okay, interesting book". But wait. It say MANY have failed and only TWO have succeeded. Is this the stuff that will help you answer what you should do with your life? Nooooooo way. Each chapter contains a profile and is very short. For instance, there is a chapter about a woman trying to figure out what she should do with her life and frustrated, the chapter ends! Holy cow! Am I supposed to feel better because she is as lost as I am?! And who are all these people? They are ordinary people like you and I. This book would be no difference from you going around the streets asking people about their stories. The author only puts in his two cents in the introduction and closing chapter. The book is huge but it is a fast read because there is nothing important you need to pick up. It reads very much like a fiction book because the author writes it as such. The writing is not concise and to-the-point as most non-fiction books are. It is definitely not a self-help book because it does not help you at all, but, more a "self" book to help the author make some quick bucks. Can you say PRICEY? Before reading this book, you asked, "What should I do with my life?" After reading it, you will answer, "What should I do with my life?" No kidding. But nice unity of plot.
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