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Summary: Finally!An Authentic Remedy for America's Victim Epidemic
Review: Finally, the masses are ready for the bold and beautiful truth. Perhaps if Oprah Winfrey had featured Dr.McGraw 5 or 10 years ago, this book may not have been as well received as it is. Now, the timing is right. The response to his delivery of the "awful" truth proves that America is finally sick and tired of being told by popular "experts" that wrong is right and someone else is to blame for your personal dilemmas. Bravo! to truth-tellers like Dr. McGraw, Judge Judy, Dr. Laura and Bill O'Reilly who won't let ANYONE get away with skewed thinking and irrational behaviors to defend and protect our self-serving ignorance. Now there's real COMPASSION for you! If you've got what it takes to get spiritually tough on yourself for your ultimate good, read anything by Venon Howard - especially "The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power" available here on Amazon.com. The title may sound woo-woo, but get ready for only cure that ails us.
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Summary: Good Book which also leads.
Review: I have read Senge, Goleman, Covey, Gelb, Drucker who are great. McGraw is as good as them. His difference is that he not only points out the problems and solutions, but also gives a rough road map. Only Gelb in DaVinci tried this successfully. One must understand though that any one person is unique and has his own road map. Maybe it is foolish to expect a magic book with a "works for all" road map.
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Summary: WORDS OF WISDOM FROM A VERY WISE MAN!
Review: Are you capable of more than you are actually accomplishing in life? Are you emotionally unfulfilled in your career and finding yourself just "going through the motions?" Are you living a lonely life and feel there is no hope things will get better? Well, there is hope....there is always hope.As a counsellor, I can tell you that this excellent book contains sound, realistic advice, and I will highly recommend it to anyone looking for self-help material. First of all, you really have to be prepared to take an honest look at yourself and identify your personality type. Based on the Ten Laws of Life, the author makes some powerful points aimed at improving your quality of life, both spiritually and physically. Above all, the author has a writing style all his own that truly calls "a spade, a spade." If you are living in denial about what is going on in your life, the book is probably not for you. McGraw is a realist, so do not expect to find a lot of flowery words and gushy sympathy written on the pages. At times you may feel the author is being arrogant, but once you understand his approach, you will realize that is not the case. The simple fact of truth is that while sympathy may feel comforting, sympathy, in itself, is not going to solve life's problems, and the objective of this wonderful book is aimed at helping the reader deal with some of the challenges of everyday life in a REALISTIC way. "Life Strategies" is deserving of far more than a five-star rating!
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Summary: Setting Mental Health back to the stone ages
Review: In this book this man makes statements that sells books. He says people just need to take control of their life. I'm sorry, but the mind is a little more complicated then Mr. McGraw would like you to believe. There are a broad spectrum of illinesses and problems with the brain that we haven't even begun to find, so when Mr. McGraw suggests that children are being diagnoised as HDD instead of being called a spoiled brat and swatted on the bottom, then apparently he has never met my son who suffers from frustration, anger, and low self-esteem. This man is about money, don't be fooled, some people need help and this man is forcing them back into a closet of guilt.
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Summary: Simply stated, easily followed
Review: A first: a self-help book that demands results. After perusing many titles, this is the first book that gave me the no-bones-about-it truth. It's strong approach to self-responsibility appealed to me. Perhaps this book is not for those who can look themselves squarely in the eyes. Certainly, I was ready for this book, and recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: A Great Coach
Review: Dr Phil is a unique man and his method is more like a football coach or in my case Sister Agnus, a Nun who was both Mother Superior and well could have been a football coach had they hired women. We could hear her coming down the wood floor halls, like a linebacker and knew she didn't believe in the Martha Stewart mode of addressing the negatives in life. Dr Phil is a lot like that. He minces NO words. Yes, I think he goofs up sometimes, but overall he is good at telling the spoiled, over materialized, selfish under age fifty age group, that life isn't a bowl of cherries, but is often the pits, and that sometimes what someone needs to do is simply GORW UP! He is a regular on OPRAH and I sometimes wish that he would simple remind viewers that he cannot SOLVE a life time of bad choices in onw hour. But that is why his books are helpful, because the reader can read and digest, and then come back and read some more and simply like Ms Richardson and Mr Zukav, who also are OPRAH regulars, he tells us that life is a day to day journey and that positive change is possible.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: Phil is the man. I love this book, but you have to be ready to change and not expect him to feel sorry for you. It's not for the meek or "martyr" types but for the people out there that have been trapped in bad relationships, jobs, etc., or have had other problems but want to take charge and change. It's up to us to change, no one else...and sometimes people don't like to hear that. Phil gets to the point and will tell you to get with the program and realize YOU are in charge of your own destiny.
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Summary: If you PREFER RESULTS WITH YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS....
Review: If you want to do what works AND what matters, get and use The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey and Awaken The Giant Within by Anthony Robbins. These two, combined, cover every thing you actually need to create...really create what you want for your life. I used these volumes to help myself and help others help themselves to create worthwhile directions and results where it counts the most, in our lives.
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Summary: Join the conversation!!!
Review: I have a Ph D. in literary tales, and after reading this book the diagnosis is superb!! I have developed a strategic and unique formula for rating tales. The reading ratio of this book is 3-2. 3 parts action to every 2 pages of hillarious comedy, which boils down to a interesting and insightful read for the open minded soul. Pillip, as a fellow medical student, I would just like to comend you on this brilliant work and only hope that you continue to produce these outstanding works. The bottom line is, the turmoil that surcumbs and surfaces throughout this vast mjority of plentiful ideas is a must, and I mean a must for for anyone who considers themselves a fan of books!!!
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Summary: Bottom of the line of what you want to hear about your life
Review: Dr. Phil tells it as it is, all about what you want to know to make your life works. Do you have the commitment to change? If yes, then this book is for you. He tells it all plain and simple, even includes exercises. This book is an eye-opener for me. Yes, it might be a harsh truth or something that I don't want to hear, but he doesn't tell it any sweeter. I recommend this book for those who really wants to do something with their life and, especially, ready for a change.
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