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Summary: interesting...
Review: I agree with the other reviewers. This is perhaps the biggest waste of money, as well as the biggest waste of time I have ever spent. As far as her "lifestyle" changing once she discovered the "simple approach"... She was only able to live a more lax lifestyle because she and her husband were successful real in estate. She had basically made enough $$ to retire, and only then did she apply these techniques. This is more of a amusing handbook on how one could spend their golden years, rather then how one should/could realistically live today.
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Summary: Don't waste your time or hard earned money...
Review: I have read (more than once) all three of these books separately and I keep purchasing them and passing them on to others... I was thrilled when I visited Amazon.com and found them to be all in one hardback. St. James isn't necessarily telling us anything we may not have already contemplated, but she is giving us an opportunity to focus on the concept. Each time I feel my life picking up a treadmill pace I retreat to a quiet corner with her books in an effort to take me back to where I really want to be. All three of these books have been constant companions since each of them were published.Not all of her suggestions may be of use to a reader, but these are not textbooks--they are ideas to stimulate the thought process of life simplification. The wise reader will sift through St. James suggestions and design their future to fit their life and their needs.
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Summary: interesting...
Review: This book changed my life. It allowed me to focus on what is truly important in life. Once I started following just a few of her easy to implement ideas, a shift on priorities occured. Most all the simplifying books available suggest such complicated things. Elaine is to the point, with great insite and full of real experience. As a reader you understand how her life changed and how to change yours. One glance at any number of ideas, and you will understand the power in this book. You read it on your own time, let it unfold as you are ready. All the suggestions are practical and potent. Only a person who has a true desire to find peace and enlightenment will appreciate this book. I have given it to several people has gifts, and watched their life change before my very eyes.
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Summary: Only for enlightenment seekers...
Review: This book changed my life. It allowed me to focus on what is truly important in life. Once I started following just a few of her easy to implement ideas, a shift on priorities occured. Most all the simplifying books available suggest such complicated things. Elaine is to the point, with great insite and full of real experience. As a reader you understand how her life changed and how to change yours. One glance at any number of ideas, and you will understand the power in this book. You read it on your own time, let it unfold as you are ready. All the suggestions are practical and potent. Only a person who has a true desire to find peace and enlightenment will appreciate this book. I have given it to several people has gifts, and watched their life change before my very eyes.
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Summary: Amusing at most.
Review: This book has some valuble tips on cleaing up and getting rid of clutter. That's about it. This woman's claim to fame is that she is a former 80's yuppie who got tired of the lifestyle. She is now taking on the role of a simple 90's woman. I'm curious to see what she becomes in the next decade. She has no right or merit to publish a book giving unsuspecting people advice on how to live. Alot of her suggestions are rediculous (practice dying), and some are just outright unhealthy (learn to detach--people who practice this usually spend years in therapy trying to correct it). This woman has absolutely no qualifications in any area, except for being trendy and shallow. Another thing that bothered me is that the book is divided into three sections, each section with exactly 100 tips-which leads me to believe that some (if not most) of the tips are nothing more than filler to meet the 100 mark. The book is about 800 pages, but each page has about 2 paragraphs centered on the page. The book could easily be around 300 pages if it was formatted normally. I recommend it to no one.
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Summary: Don't waste your time or hard earned money...
Review: This book has very little valuble suggestions, and some are, to quote another review, rediculous! The wise reader will read this book and find that it has very little practicle advice to fit any lifestyle. It is truley amazing what can get published these days. I also recommend it to nobody.
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