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Summary: futureforme
Review: Fantastic book in short will keep you interested and leaves you inspried in your owen life.
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Summary: Inspirational Book
Review: I agree with several of the other reviews...the book gives life lessons in a simplistic manner. Sometimes we need that though =) I thoroughly enjoyed the fiction interwoven with the valuable life lessons. I liked the book so much that I am now reading it aloud to my 8 year old son (who is enjoying it as well ;)
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Summary: A book even kids will read!
Review: I feel overly-qualified to exclaim this about The Traveler's Gift because I have kids, I was a kid, and I allow my inner kid to come out and play as often as she likes. When I first read The Traveler's Gift, I couldn't put it down until I had finished. I just had to know what happened to David Ponder. But when I finished it, my inner-kid pouted because she didn't want the story to end! So, we read it again! The Traveler's Gift gave us hope and my inner-kid declared, "I never knew those people my history teacher talked about in school were really real people." And I realized that the people David Ponder visited were indeed, very real people. Real people with the same hopes and dreams and fears and doubts that I have. What they did with these hopes, dreams, fears, and doubt is what put them in the history books for us to study. The seven decisions that determine personal success that David Ponder receives from these real people are decisions that I can apply in my life. I just have to make the decision to do so. Reading The Traveler's Gift has encouraged me to do so.
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Summary: Wow - this is a really bad book
Review: I had to force myself to get through this book. It was a gift and I felt obligated. By the end, I was upset that I had wasted my time. The principles of the book are extremely shallow. The 'lessons' are supposed to infuse you with motivation and a can-do attitude. I felt more like I was part of a Tony Robbins Info-mercial.
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Summary: A New Way To Tell An Old Message
Review: I have been a professional motivationl speaker and have taught leadership and character skills to thousands of people. I have read and re-read hundreds of "life skill" and "inspirational" books. Andy's book kept my attention and inspired me to tell as many people as know about it because of his refreshing and creative method of relating age-old, classic themes. The majority of my work is with young people and I appreciate Andy for this book because of his use of historical figures and stories written in a way young people can relate to and extract more from than just their political, religious or historical implications. Don't just buy this book - invest in it, digest it, weave its messages into your daily life and share it with others!
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Summary: A New Way To Tell An Old Message
Review: I have been a professional motivationl speaker and have taught leadership and character skills to thousands of people. I have read and re-read hundreds of "life skill" and "inspirational" books. Andy's book kept my attention and inspired me to tell as many people as know about it because of his refreshing and creative method of relating age-old, classic themes. The majority of my work is with young people and I appreciate Andy for this book because of his use of historical figures and stories written in a way young people can relate to and extract more from than just their political, religious or historical implications. Don't just buy this book - invest in it, digest it, weave its messages into your daily life and share it with others!
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Summary: Fantastic!!
Review: I have read & reread this book 5 times since I purchased it in July. It has such powerful messages & really makes you think about yourself
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Summary: OUTSTANDING!
Review: I judge the books I read by making a decision as to whether to buy the books for my children or not. This is one book that I will purchase for all 4 of my kids; it is that good! It is written in novel form but with a strong message. I also purchased the audio version and what I like is that I can select a specific track and listen just to the 7 different decision messages which are written in the form of affirmations. This book confirms my strong opinion that out minds are just like computers, you put garbage in and you get garbage out. This book gives the reader the opportunity to put quality in and get quality out! The messages are so powerful to me that I created a wall chart with all seven decisions on it and it is posted prominently over my desk where I can review it every day! The book holds your interest while at the same time giving you great affirmations to live your life by. I highly recommend the book be included in everyone's personal library.
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Summary: Shallow
Review: I read a lot of motivational books as it is one of my favorite genres, and while this author sought to be another Og Mandino, he has a way to go. The myths used to illustrate the principles he was seeking to teach don't accomplish the goal. Take for example his visit with Lincoln and the discussion with Grant. Grant was an alcoholic. Lincoln is portrayed in this scene as a "win whatever it takes" man, i.e., all the other generals had let him down and Grant could do no wrong. Historical ambiguities are lost in this "dream state" we're given in this broad sweep of people, places, and events. It's shallow! I was annoyed by little things throughout the whole book. The "teacher" who turned the whole of history around by one action in the civil war....is another example. Bogus! This guy is the only one who was right and took the right course of action? According to this author. I think more research and a few more rough drafts are in order.
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Summary: An uplifting read
Review: I'm not typically a reader of motivational books, but I enjoyed this book, eagerly turning pages to find out who the protagonist would meet next and what wisdom would be imparted. I previously knew of Andy Andrews primarily as a comedian, but The Traveler's Gift shows that there's substance behind his smile. I'm planning to have my pre-teen son read this book, which would make great reading for any young person (or not-so-young person) who needs to have some of life's big lessons reinforced.
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