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Summary: Surprise
Review: I am a married software developer with one daughter and one on the way. I was spending 20+ hours a week playing video games surfing the net, and overeating. I knew I was doing it too much but was unsure why. After reading Judith's book I was amazed to learn that the "web" of soft addictions I was mired in kept me from having the life I wanted to live. With grace and compassion, Judith shows us that just being conscious of these soft addictions, your life can be one of More Life, More Meaning, and More Love.
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Summary: It Works
Review: I am skeptical of "Psychobabble" self help books but this
was an exception. Ms Wright's approach is practical and
workable. I realized quickly what situations triggered
my soft addictions, like checking my email every minute or
so. The book provided techniques for being aware of what
situations trigger the zone out mode that characterizes
soft addictions. Instead of drifting unconsciously into
fiddling around on email, checking discussion boards or
bids on ebay, I can step back and ask myself "What are you
avoiding by doing this?" The technique has definitely cut
my time wasting.Lisa N
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Summary: Feeling a deep connection
Review: I felt a deep connection with Judith Wright while reading this new book. Her personal stories and those of others describe universal human yearnings for love and connection and have helped me to realize that I am on a wonderful journey of life and learning with a whole world of people. I have been sharing the joyful discoveries in her book with friends, acquaintances, work colleagues, and even strangers at a conference I am attending here in Denver. Since completing the book, I have been much more aware of my own soft addictions and, while observing them with humor and compassion, am also utilizing the exercises in the book to make small shifts to get more and more satisfaction out of my day. I look forward to taking one of Judith's workshops when she comes to Boston.
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Summary: Practical and Profound
Review: I have read my share of self-help books. And with each one, I have found a cache of concepts and ideas but little guidance for a practical application that would really impact my life. "There Must Be More Than This" is a true exception. Certainly, the concepts (and realities) of "soft addictions" and "stinking thinking" may at first seem to be both too obvious and too overwhelming to even begin to consider conquering them. But, I found Wright's approach to offer an amazingly simple process for me to stay conscious, aware, and responsible of my choices and the effect that they have on my world and how I experience it. While the section on the costs of remaining unconscious to our soft addictions was maybe the most eye-opening and valuable, my favorite chapter was "Fulfilling Your Spiritual Hungers." Simple and profound at the same time, it left me sold on Judith Wright's message and wondering what life would have been like if my 'true' hungers had been what counted all along; and then, the thought "what if they counted now?" Now that I have finished reading this book, it's seems crazy to want life to be any other way.
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Summary: I have MORE!
Review: I read "There Must Be More Than This" after attending the weekend workshop related to the book. I used to come home from work and suddenly it was 11:00pm. I am consistently astounded at how much more time I seem to have available to me. Without my soft addictions, I come home from work and do fun, meaningful and nourishing things and my evenings are packed with productivity, good food and quality time.
I join other amazon reviewers when I mention the way the book evolves halfway through and suddenly becomes so much more than a bad-habit avoidance system. It's quite clever the way the book manages to pack so much meaning into something so manageable.
Thanks, Judith!
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Summary: There Must Be More ...
Review: If you feel adrift and dissatisfied in life, Judith Wright's "There Must Be More than This" may be just what you need. Ms. Wright is co-founder of the Wright Institute for Lifelong Learning where people learn to fulfill their potential in all areas of their lives -- work, relationships, self and spirit. She offers you new ways of thinking about life and new ways to behave. These could make a world of a difference. The core of this approach is that you are thoroughly coached on how to make "the One Decision." The process is one of soul-searching and commitment in which you discover what you really hunger for in life and begin reorienting your thinking, feeling and behaviour. The One Decision becomes your rudder in the stormy seas of life. By giving you a firm "heading" your commitment becomes the foundation for a new, conscious, purposeful life. Once you make your One Decision, then you can begin studying your life and eliminating your "soft addictions." Soft addictions, simply, are patterns of feeling, thinking or behaving that keep you from experiencing what you really hunger for in life. Examples are excessive TV watching, Internet, video games, compulsive reading, over-exercising and indulging in moods that distract you from the beauty of life that lies around us. None of these is necessarily a "soft addiction." The test is what effect they have on your search for what you hunger for in life. By helping you to find a purpose for your life and to redefine thinking that does not work for you, this book can help you to make a breakthrough by building a new, more complete life. Its usefulness is enhanced because it contains the stories of many people who have successfully used this approach to build a far richer life. Just by reading these stories carefully, you can begin to understand the power of this method and can gain increased commitment to fulfilling your One Decision. There seems to me to be follow-up work that you may also do after reading this book. Ms. Wright hints at it, but has not yet helped you to go deeper. Several times, Ms. Wright hints that her clients have decided to meditate. That is, of course, a time-honoured way to find purpose in life by accepting sheer being, without any need to "do" anything. In my life, meditation provided a direct experience of what can only weakly be described as the God within. Meditation led me to experiences that go beyond words. It also produced visions and insights that sprung from the depths of my being and have provided an anchor that does not require that I create a verbal definition. I hope Ms. Wright will fill this gap by producing a follow-up book on self-discovery through meditation.
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Summary: Great BOOK - Great INTERVIEW!
Review: If you read a lot of success books, you WILL enjoy this one; it really stood out. I read with a pen and hi-lighter to call out new areas of learning, so you can imagine how colorful this book looked when I got done. I had something on almost every page. I never counted myself as having any addictions, because I don't have any serious ones. But what Judith teaches is how to carefully exam your 'soft addictions', because these on the ones that really reduce your joy, steal your time, and zap your energy. In her book, Judith covers 8 key life skills that will bring you the right kind of More in your life:
1. Making your 'One Decision' to live a life of More.
2. Identifying your soft addictions
3. Minding your mind to break your denial and clean up your stinking thinking
4. Discovering the Why of your soft addictions and cracking your own code.
5. Differentiating your hungers from your wants.
6. Developing a Vision
7. Learning the 'Math of More' to implement your Vision
8. Developing support and accountability I interviewed Judith Wright on "The Inside Success Show" and loved every minute. She revealed a whole new facet to personal success - getting rid of 'soft addictions.' She makes you say, I WANT MORE!" Here's some other things you'll learn from the book:
** How Judith Wright discovered SHE WAS ADDICTED!
** Why you should examine your life carefully for soft addictions
** What you can do to separate your wants from your hungers. ** How you can get connected and become fully alive
** The 8 Key Life Skills that will help you to get ever increasing More in life
** How to rid yourself of the 'soft addictions' that hold you in defeat and failure.
** And much, much more .. If you're tired of just getting the leftovers of life and you are ready to embrace a life of More, then listen to this interview and read her book. Randy (Dr. Proactive) Gilbert
Author of "AmazonBestSellerSecrets.com" and "Success Bound"
Rating:
Summary: Great BOOK - Great INTERVIEW!
Review: If you read a lot of success books, you WILL enjoy this one; it really stood out. I read with a pen and hi-lighter to call out new areas of learning, so you can imagine how colorful this book looked when I got done. I had something on almost every page. I never counted myself as having any addictions, because I don't have any serious ones. But what Judith teaches is how to carefully exam your 'soft addictions', because these on the ones that really reduce your joy, steal your time, and zap your energy. In her book, Judith covers 8 key life skills that will bring you the right kind of More in your life:
1. Making your 'One Decision' to live a life of More.
2. Identifying your soft addictions
3. Minding your mind to break your denial and clean up your stinking thinking
4. Discovering the Why of your soft addictions and cracking your own code.
5. Differentiating your hungers from your wants.
6. Developing a Vision
7. Learning the 'Math of More' to implement your Vision
8. Developing support and accountability I interviewed Judith Wright on "The Inside Success Show" and loved every minute. She revealed a whole new facet to personal success - getting rid of 'soft addictions.' She makes you say, I WANT MORE!" Here's some other things you'll learn from the book:
** How Judith Wright discovered SHE WAS ADDICTED!
** Why you should examine your life carefully for soft addictions
** What you can do to separate your wants from your hungers. ** How you can get connected and become fully alive
** The 8 Key Life Skills that will help you to get ever increasing More in life
** How to rid yourself of the 'soft addictions' that hold you in defeat and failure.
** And much, much more .. If you're tired of just getting the leftovers of life and you are ready to embrace a life of More, then listen to this interview and read her book. Randy (Dr. Proactive) Gilbert
Author of "AmazonBestSellerSecrets.com" and "Success Bound"
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Summary: Compassion for People with Soft Addictions
Review: Judith Wright has put together a unique way of creating more success in your life by getting rid of the small things which rob you of time and energy. Being a slave of soft addictions is a much larger problem than people realize. She writes with a warm voice of compassion for those who are struggling. She give examples in the book which completely illustrate the problem and possible solutions. She isn't asking people to institute extreme practices in their lives. She offers real insight to the real needs the person's behavior reveals. This is one book you will be glad
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Summary: Our Next Step
Review: Judith Wright outlines for us the next step in our evolution as spiritual beings in a human body. No, it is not meditating till we ascend. It is paying attention to the details of our everyday life. As an author and director of The School of Spiritual Psychology, I know the rigors of making genuine change in one's life. Judith leads us to making the major decision needed to take this leap. Then she gives practicle steps to fulfillment along our path. We supply the commitment and grit to stay with her on the road.
This is the real thing.
Thank you, Judith.
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