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Summary: Zen for Life
Review: This is an easy-to-read and interesting book but the reader may need to be familiar with Zen to get the most from the authors' approach. Read instead the full text of The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr. It is available online and the concepts are easier to grasp. Add to that Ralph Waldo Emerson's advice to "live each day as though it were your last, yet as though you had a thousand years." That's really all the advice you need.
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Summary: working on yourself doesnt work (cassette and book)
Review: The cassette is awful, don't waste your money. I listened to it once and then threw it straight in the bin. It is just some people dribbling on at one of the Kane's seminars and the Kane's talking to each other. The book is okay, a bit better than the cassette. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (which I purchased at the same time) is a far superior piece of writing and makes a lot more sense.
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Summary: Fills My Heart - Awesome Book!
Review: This book touched my heart in a very special way. They are such lovely writers that I had fun reading it, and I felt much better about myself when I was finished with it. I stongly recommend this book. Awesome things have happened since I completed the book!
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Summary: A Book's Work
Review: I wholeheartedly recommend the Kane's book "Working on Yourself Doesn't Work." I found it to be straight forward and accesible as well as an infinitely helpful map on this bumpy road called life. I say the more tools the better. The Kanes, however, remind us that we cannot erase the past but that we can wrestle with it so that it doesn't determine (i.e sabotage) our future. The Kane's book provides useful tips and examples on how to navigate through our own psyche as well for dealing with the world at hand. They have a nice writing style that is both personal and informational.I believe there is something for everyone in this book and is a great affirmation for being ourselves. And who wouldn't like that?
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Summary: An excellent operators manual for being yourSelf
Review: I've read any number of good books on awareness and "Working on Yourself Doesn't Work "is the best. The Kane's are down to earth and very real. They illustrate their principles with moving and compassionate examples of transformation. Unlike other writers on the subject their stories reflect a life very much like my own, seen with clarity and love. They are living examples of the transformed life in the year 2000. Gratefully, since my initial reading, I've noticed my responses to trying circumstances have "transformed" as well. What I would, at one time, consider a disaster is now, for me, an opportunity - anger has become compassion and fear a celebration of new possibilities. Most importantly I have found a book I can give people and my students. The collage disciplines I teach, drawing, design and color theory demand of students a "fundamental transformation of mind". To master drawing for example, students must surrender, be seized by the discipline, giving their total attention to it, or they won't experience mastery. They will wallow in mediocrity. The Kane's book and their principles make clear what it is to surrender to what you are doing. Awareness, a non-judgmental seeing of what is, and being present to current reality, are essential for anyone who pretends to any of the arts. Thank you, Ariel and Shya, for making such a state-of-being accessible.
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Summary: A New Refreshing Perspective For Life
Review: Working on yourself doesn't work - what a provocative title! Haven't we all tried for most of our lives to make things better, to improve ourselves, to grow? And there comes this odd proposition: Forget about working on yourself! I was confused and intrigued. Then I got really excited, as I started grasping the concept and its impact. I can stop trying to get somewhere. I can stop trying to become somebody else, a better version of me. I can relax, I finally can be myself. The Kanes' book opened the door to a new possibility for me, a new way of dealing with myself and others. Living in the moment is their key proposal, and throughout the book, different aspects and examples of living in the moment are given. It sounded odd and overly simplistic at first, but then I tried it and the magic began... It's not a book to be read and then pondered over, it is a book to be lived. When I started exploring how I dealt with past and future, looked at my patterns and ideas, an exciting journey of discovery, discovery of myself began. I found out that I don't need improvement. I found out that my friends, my husband, did not need improvement either. I rediscovered how to have fun and how to be fully engaged in what I was doing, rather than worrying about the past or planning for the future. And things have gotten easier - at work, at home. The greatest news is ... it doesn't seem to end. There is no limit to having a great life and it keeps getting better! Thank you Ariel and Shya Kane for a wonderful book that has shown me a simple yet so powerful new approach to my life.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This is a great book! It explains that you can have a fulfilling life by being the person you are, not having to change or be different. Isn't that such a relief? "Working on Yourself Doesn't Work", the title says it all! I am hoping their is another book to come soon!
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Summary: Vague and Rambling
Review: I had high expectations after reading the reviews but I found the book to be a total waste of money. In my opinion, the book was extremely vague and rambling sort of like one of Wade Cook's book's on investing. Like Wade Cook's books it seemed to be a primer to sell more expensive seminars rather than offering any real concrete advise. If you are looking for a simple concise self help book, I highly recommend The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, it's a keeper.
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Summary: Close, but no cigar!
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This is a good book, if you are interested in self-improvement, but perhaps a better one is John Cantwell Kiley's SELF RESCUE, which has been around for over a decade and is still valid. It details some methods that actuall work. Or try one of the books on self-hynosis, like SELF HYNOSIS by Alma and Lambrou. Those techniques definitely work. Actually, they are simply positive thinking carried a bit further, to a more effective level.
Joseph Pierre,
author of THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS: Our Journey Through Eternity
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Summary: Wonderful book and great gift!
Review: I love this book. I've given it to many of my friends as gifts and they have really enjoyed it. I plan on buying more to give it to more of my friends! :-)
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