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Summary: phenomenal !
Review: Buy this phenomenal five star book now! Michael Janke's life changing book offers specific tactics, strategies, and advice to change your life dramatically and immediately. His real life experience as a Navy SEAL combined with his philosophy on human performance is a must read for anyone serious about achievement and personal development. He shares with you how to get precisely what you want from life. He teaches you how to become a do-or-die no-option person. When you become that committed, you will make it happen because you have no other choice. Michael ignites the burning desire in yourself to reach your goals no matter what happens. It's this bulldog persistence which gives you the power of definite purpose and the ability to mow down all of the opposition until you win and get exactly what you want. . .Failure is not recognized. Life is going to say No! People are going to say No! But if you persist, life will eventually have to say Yes! Michael tells all of us what works, what matters, and what gets it done. Therein lies the basic building blocks to life. Get your credit card out and purchase this book now through amazon!
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Summary: A change in perspective: live out of your comfort zone.
Review: From business, to health, to family life, Mr. Janke suggests a life of self-discipline, commitment and self-control to achieve the success status of what he calls the "superhuman." Being an ex-SEAL officer himself, he knows a thing or two about mastering body and mind through the rigors of everyday life. His goal setting techniques are practical and easy to follow.At times, it might seem like Mr. Janke is suggesting a life of absolute self-denial. However, the final outcome of such a lifestyle far outweighs the sacrifices made. "Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do." Successful people live out of their comfort zone. I recommend this book for all of us who for one reason or another have attempted numerous ways of becoming financially independent, but at the same time achieving a balance in all aspects of our daily life. Mr. Janke's strategies and advice are an inspiration for us who want to become the person we want to be.
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Summary: Great...with exceptions
Review: I enjoyed the book thouroughly. The book was a wonderful smackupside the head. Mike tells you all the things you both need and donot want to hear. Its like having an old friend lay out all yourfaults then tell you how to correct them.
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Summary: A cut above other books of this sort.
Review: I've been reading a lot of self-help books lately, and this one stands out somewhat from the rest in that it advocates a full-spectrum approach to improving one's life. Assuming we can take Janke's professed Navy SEAL career at face value, what he says about self-discipline seems especially intriguing because of the hard reality-testing SEALs have to undergo to be effective in a brutal world. I was also pleasantly surprised to find that his description of the "Basics of a Commando's Diet" (p. 129) resembles one I have been adhering to lately, and successfully losing weight on, though unlike in Janke's diet I tend to avoid grains because of their high glycemic indices. I find a few faults with Janke's advice, however. His description of relying on the "Sixth Sense" sounds borderline paranormal to me, as does his infatuation with the alleged powers of "Far East" mystics. (Time to dump this sort of Eurocentric expression. China isn't "far" if you live there!) And judging from Janke's photo on the cover of his book, his advice about always dressing for success would seem more credible if he spent the money on some better-fitting dress shirts. One last thing: Janke relates his SEAL adventures as if they were sporting expeditions, instead of missions involving the shedding of human blood. Okay, the people SEALs have to kill probably deserve it, but I wish these ex-military types wouldn't trivialize what they have to do in the course of defending the American Empire.
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Summary: A cut above other books of this sort.
Review: I've been reading a lot of self-help books lately, and this one stands out somewhat from the rest in that it advocates a full-spectrum approach to improving one's life. Assuming we can take Janke's professed Navy SEAL career at face value, what he says about self-discipline seems especially intriguing because of the hard reality-testing SEALs have to undergo to be effective in a brutal world. I was also pleasantly surprised to find that his description of the "Basics of a Commando's Diet" (p. 129) resembles one I have been adhering to lately, and successfully losing weight on, though unlike in Janke's diet I tend to avoid grains because of their high glycemic indices. I find a few faults with Janke's advice, however. His description of relying on the "Sixth Sense" sounds borderline paranormal to me, as does his infatuation with the alleged powers of "Far East" mystics. (Time to dump this sort of Eurocentric expression. China isn't "far" if you live there!) And judging from Janke's photo on the cover of his book, his advice about always dressing for success would seem more credible if he spent the money on some better-fitting dress shirts. One last thing: Janke relates his SEAL adventures as if they were sporting expeditions, instead of missions involving the shedding of human blood. Okay, the people SEALs have to kill probably deserve it, but I wish these ex-military types wouldn't trivialize what they have to do in the course of defending the American Empire.
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Summary: "Five star material--a little rushed toward the end"
Review: Kudos to the author. This book kicks! Almost every aspect of ones life is covered in this book. I wonder if Michael Janke totally walks his talk? If he lives according to every concept in this book he can also walk on water! For anyone of any age looking to break out of the daily grind, this book is your guide. The last two sections in this book contained redundant quotes and obvious advise. This is the only reason I did not give this book a full five stars. I highly recommed this book, own it.
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Summary: Amazing content for true believers of perseverance
Review: Lets just start saying that you have to be convinced about the pay off as a result of true self-control. This book will not make any miracles on your life just by reading it, you have to use it as an excellent guide through the process of your own growth. I've been making good progress on my way to achieve my goals applying all the concepts listed here. I don't hesitate to recommend this outstanding book that will give you a good sense of direction in your success path.
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Summary: Inspiring and practical
Review: Like the previous reviewer, I've been a fan of Mike's work since his reading his book "Power Living" and listening to his tapes (he also has videos coming out by the way). I devoured this book practically in one sitting. Mike's viewpoint that self-discipline is truly the path to taking control of your life is dead-on, and he proves it not only on every page of this book, but by the way he lives his life (I've come to know Mike over the past few months, and he's one of the nicest guys around). This book re-ignited my inspiration to improve my life and my business, and has given me some great tools to help me along the way. I especially liked the chapter on Professional Discipline...but the book also has some excellent info on exercise and nutrition. Another nice thing about this book is that it encourages the reader to be self-reliant. Mike doesn't pretend to have all the answers, like a lot of self-improvement gurus. He just gives you the tools, and shows you the quickest path from here to there.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: This book can be inspirational if you follow through. It is a book that needs to be studied and restudied to sink in. He's right most all problems are from a lack of self discipline. Very few people see it that way or choose not to. Our society eats too much sleeps too much smokes too much drinks too much and then lays on the couch and wonders why they're depressed. he states that only 20% of the population excercise on a regular basis. That statistic right there is very disturbing. This book could change the society we live in.
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Summary: Much of the same available elsewhere-Mostly pep talk
Review: This book is a rehash of other, mostly new age-type of self help books. I can't identify too much in here which looks like it might be genuine SEAL-type training. I understand that veterans of the SEALs are not suppose to reveal how they are actually trained, for obvious reasons. Instead, what we get in the book is mostly Eastern thinking, down to the yin-yang symbol at the heading of each chapter. I suppose that it stands to reason that the author would have such a bias, since he majored in Eastern philosophy. But, I am not sure that thinking really dominates SEAL training of the present period. This problem reveals itself in what I would consider an incosistency in thinking between current or popular advice and his SEAL training. He stresses a diet of fresh fruits an vegetables, and other "pure" foods, which he calls the "commando diet." Nevertheless, he also says that when SEALs went to certain areas that they adapted to the diet of that area. Very few areas of the world have such variety of fruits and vegetables, year-round(except maybe very warm, but temperate climates). We in the United States can get an abundance of these items because of our transportation systems and high technology. He says that the reason that Himalayans live to a long ripe age is because of a diet of fruits and vegetables. Nevertheless, they have so little in that regard because not much grows there due to the severity of their climate. What ever grows there, has to be preserved, so there is a lack of freshness, abundance and variety in that region. I think he needs to rethink this point. Another thing that bothers me is his integrity. He claims he has 12 years of being a SEAL. Now he was born in 1968, went to college and then joined the Navy. Say he would be 21 at the time, 1989. He publishes this book in 2000. He could not have had 12 years in the SEALs. Moreover, by the time he publishes this book, he has already been a speaker for sometime, I guess for at least a few years and published an earlier book. Something doesn't jive here. He could have been a SEAL, but not for that long. Finally, there are some useful things here, including quotes from famous people. The nutritional information you can get better and current ideas somewhere else. Same thing goes for the fitness section. Self discipline section seems to have been borrowed from other self-help books. Overall, the book is not put together in a coherent fashion to be truly helpful. The Richard Machowitz book is better and I get the sense that he is a real SEAl.
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