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Summary: Incredible!
Review: A great book for those who are tired of the same old self-help drivel. The boxed words on page 65 make this one worth it's weight in gold. A great book!
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Summary: Past OK? This book IS WOW!
Review: Getting Past OK is Brodie's first attempt to share his wisdom and a wealth of experience with the public. This is one of the finest reads on living a juicy life that I have personally read. Definitely worth having and giving to those you care about. Kevin Hogan,...
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Summary: Have a Pretty good life, but can have lots more of .....
Review: I haven't finished the book as I am into the exercises for finding out one's 'purpose in life'. However, I am thoroughly thrilled in discovering more about 'my' purpose. I have a good life now and have applied much of the author's ideas to my own life for a number of years. Life is good! This subject was something I thought I would research when I retired, but I found I don't want to wait for 'until when....or as soon as whatever happens...'.anymore.
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Summary: Getting Past OK
Review: My opinion is that anyone who plans to spend any significant amount of time reading and posting in this forum (Level 3) should read this book, as well as "Virus of the Mind" in order to establish a baseline of context for constructive mutual understanding of what this forum (Level 3) is good for, and how to take advantage of that context for useful work and play in the game of life. Level 3 is the author's forum for active feedback on how to live a purpose driven life as discussed in "Getting Past OK." Both books available through Amazon.com. G.P. OK is plainly written without lingo or pretense. This is the real working personal toolbox for the human animal who can't stand to drive-55.
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Summary: Get your act together
Review: This is Not your father's self-help book. "Getting Past OK" by Richard Brodie, truely is "A Straightforward Guide to Having a Fantastic Life". Brodie, only incidentally the author of the original Microsoft Word wordprocessing program, gives you plain talk and no mystical mumbo-jumbo about how to literally take control of your own life: first by shedding the disfunctional bad habits of procrastination and perfectionism, etc.. Then he challenges you to decide what is most important to you, in your one life (this is up to you -- he makes no attempt to influence your choice of values and goals). Then he helps you learn how to achieve that focus on "what matters" to you. He deftly synthesizes his own rich personal real-world experiences as an erstewhile millionaire, with insights from great thinkers on the human condition such as Mohandas Gandhi, and findings from the rapidly emerging branch of the science of evolutionary psychology called "memetics" (about which he has written another really great book, "Virus of the Mind" http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0963600117/grs A "meme" (or "idea-virus) is any idea, which is good at getting itself replicated from one mind to another, not because it is true or beneficial or rational, but simply because its nature makes our minds susceptible to accepting it and passing it on. So, Brodie warns us that some of our basic assumptions and even our most cherished belives may not be "true" -- they may just be the particularly effective idea-viruses that ended up in our mind. We will not be truely in control of our lives and able to achieve a truely fantastic life, until we honestly self-examine and reconfirm our beliefs. "Whatever you choose to do from this moment forward, make it mean something to you. And have a fantastic life" -- Brodie
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