Rating: Summary: Expensive drivel Review: Save your money and read the title, that's the entire message. Trite, and amazing to me that people will pay money for this.
Rating: Summary: Carpe Diem! (seize the day) Review: Spencer Johnson has written another wonderful parable much deeper in meaning than it initially appeared. I am amazed at his ability to capture my life's common and often taken-for-granted moments and teach me how to see what I too often fail to see.I related to this book as a first-time dad with a toddler son. Taking and making time to be there for my wife and son in the "precious present" is something I truly treasure. In my efforts to be a better husband and father, this book renewed and reinforced my commitments to them. Lou Holtz, the dynamic and successful college football coach and motivational speaker, wrote, "I am not what I want to be, I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I am going to be, but thank God, I am not what I used to be." That quote sums up how I feel about my ability to constantly live in the precious present. Johnson's book will now be a frequent `reality check' for me and I recommend it to anyone who might need a quick reminder of what makes the present so precious.
Rating: Summary: Carpe Diem! (seize the day) Review: Spencer Johnson has written another wonderful parable much deeper in meaning than it initially appeared. I am amazed at his ability to capture my life's common and often taken-for-granted moments and teach me how to see what I too often fail to see. I related to this book as a first-time dad with a toddler son. Taking and making time to be there for my wife and son in the "precious present" is something I truly treasure. In my efforts to be a better husband and father, this book renewed and reinforced my commitments to them. Lou Holtz, the dynamic and successful college football coach and motivational speaker, wrote, "I am not what I want to be, I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I am going to be, but thank God, I am not what I used to be." That quote sums up how I feel about my ability to constantly live in the precious present. Johnson's book will now be a frequent 'reality check' for me and I recommend it to anyone who might need a quick reminder of what makes the present so precious.
Rating: Summary: Lesson for All Ages Review: The first time I encountered this book was about a year and a half ago. I was a freshman in high school and was on the varsity swim team. My coach, recently inducted into the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Assossiation Hall of Fame, read this book to us early one morning before 5:30 AM swim practice. he had been reading this book to his swimmers for years, but I was just a freshman and the expierence was new to me. I had heard from the upperclassmen of Coach's storytelling, but it did not prepare me for what was about to come. We all sat anxiously awaiting Coach to start. Slowly he opened the book, stared at the first page and began to read to us as if he were our grandfather telling us a story from his past. His soft voice gave me chills up and down my spine. He read slowly and precisely. Time seemed to stand still. The thirty teenagers were dead silent. We savored ever word. He told us of the boy and the old man and how different they were. he told us of how the old man wanted the boy to recieve the precious present. He told us of how the boy spent his whole life looking for the precious present. We thought of how we were looking for th precious present in our lives and in our sport. Intrigue by the story we continued to listen. As the boy now an old man found the precious present I felt a lump in my throat and felt chills down me spine. I knew coach was a wise man, but I hadn't realize the extent of his wisdom. He knew how to get through to the impenetrable. He knew how to touch the untouchable. He knew how to teach the unteachable. He taught us that we needed to think in present to reach the unreachable. Coach Landtroop has coach several teams to Texas State Championships and National Championships. He does this by using the powerful message of this book to inspire his swimmers. This book teaches a lesson to anyone you is willing to listen. PLEASE READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!
Rating: Summary: This book induces immediate happiness. Review: This aesthetically pleasing book was sitting on my friend's piano; I picked it up was not able to put it down. I read the entire book in twenty minutes and honestly came away with a better out look on life!! Since then I always keep a copy to give as a gift, it is the PERFECT gift for anyone that can read english :) !
Rating: Summary: The Precious Present Review: This book is so simple and quick to read. It is a small bit of inspiration but can really be taken to heart. A great reminder for all who read it that life can be too short. Enjoy what you have been given. I have given it as a gift to many people over the last 20 years and now my daughter continues that tradition!! She appreciates it, also, for exactly what it is.
Rating: Summary: Life simplifying and life changing book Review: This book is wonderful. It has a very simple and moving message. If you manage a work group or team of people, please read them this book. It is especially beneficial for a group of young people. Every year, I read it to a group of high school boys basketball players and the room is silent as I read. That's impact!
Rating: Summary: An excellent guide for life! Review: This book provided me with the wisdom and foresight to realize that not everything is obvious and given to us to utilize at first sight. It made me realize that we are not always observant - that we must look deeper at life's gifts and take advantage of what is given so freely to us.
Rating: Summary: A God Send Review: This book should be required reading for all people. Simple,and straightforward reminds you of what you should be doing. Buy this for your family.
Rating: Summary: Simple to read - a positive reinformcement to life for all Review: This easy to read book will affect the life of anyone who reads it. It warrants reading time and time again. It is perfect to give to the person who thinks they have everything. It is a suttle but powerful, positive, personality builder. It is one of the book we read to our children and grandchildren as well as a gift for special occasions. When it was necessary to move to another area, I gave a copy to my primary care physician. It generated the only "thank you note" I've received from any doctor. More than once The Precious Present has been a subject for the support group to which I belong. I rate this a 5 star book but that is far to low in my estimation!
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