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Summary: Great Book..for anyone who ready to go below the surface
Review: This is a wonderful book and I am thoroughly enjoying taking the journey to seek my life's work and purpose. To understand this book, you must be sick and tired of being sick of tired of doing things for money or because society say so.I am on a wonderful journey and I encourage everyone to buy this book and take the journey. It worth it!!!!
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Summary: Very rewarding...with patience and an open mind
Review: This is an excellent, in-depth book on following your bliss to find the career which best suits you. Though it is a book geared towards the career search, it is also great for learning how to find happiness in your current job as well as life in general. This is not a "quick-fix" career guide that one can just skim over and find the perfect job. It is a guide for looking within oneself to find the ideal mesh of talent and happiness and finding a job (or creating one) that suits one best. The first portion of the book covers one's personal quest for happiness and satisfaction with life, using not only Zen principles, but wisdom from many different spiritual and secular paths. It helps one discover how to find the artist and hero within and use one's talents to find the career that will provide the most satisfaction and happiness. Relevant quotes and affirmations are liberally included within the text. The second part focuses on choosing a career path best suited to one's talents and preferences. It not only covers the career itself, but whether one is best as self-employed, freelance or working for a company. It also helps with getting interviews and writing resumes. Throughout this section, questions and worksheets are provided so one can work out not only what job to look for, but also what one expects to accomplish when the job is obtained. Extensive resources and guidelines are provided. Overall, this is a fabulous book for both those searching for a career path and those who just want to learn how to get the most out of life.
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Summary: too cumbersome!
Review: This is just pages and pages of nothing. Most people are not going to waste their time reading 640 pages of sayings, witticisms, etcetera--most people searching for a career want to get to the meat of the subject. I was bored after the first 20 pages and never did finish reading the book. Boldt's other book, "How to Find the Work You Love" is much better, and gets to the point much more quickly. If you must select one of his books, pick the second one.
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Summary: ...
Review: This is like the arm-chair guide to the superficial, ontological contemplation of careers by reading a bunch of nice little sayings - NOT the "practical" tome of vocational guidance it poses to be!! Trust me, it would better serve as a page-a-day vocational calendar. I read this entire book a few times in search of something useful... It is as though the author had nothing original to actually say! I completed the few little lists and what-nots the books asks the reader to complete; but disappointingly, they were fruitless. This book was a total waste of my money and time...
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Summary: Zen and the art of making a living
Review: Very real, deep thinking , thought provoking and moving. Makes one, open the mind and heart to a more enjoyable experience in life/work. Several teenage friends read a few pages and had a hard time putting it down. A book for the person that is not into lying, someone that is interested in an honest life...not too many people can live a life like that. For Honest living...like the children really are! A great book...worth the time and money to challenge your mind and open your heart.
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Summary: author needs a writing course
Review: You know those people who have something interesting to say but then dont know when to stop talking? They ramble on and on and at the end you stop caring about what they are saying and just wish for them to finish.
Well this book is that same experience - while there are a lot of valuable ideas here and there, the author's primary goal apparently was to fill as many pages as possible.
And certainly, this book has little to do with Zen. It takes its ideas from philosophies all over the place. Nothing wrong with that, but if you were looking for applying Zen to your career search, you will be disappointed. In addition the book is not written in the spirit of Zen at all - it is more of an indiscrimnate bombardement of concepts than an exercise in saying the needful in a most careful, focussed manner.
Still giving three stars though since some of the ideas were very inspiring nevertheless (though quite black-and-white at times).
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Summary: Excellent Resource!
Review: Zen and the Art of Making a Living is a great, insightful resource for exploring, and working towards, meaningful career goals. It is chock full of material for every type of reader and learner. From well-written essays to thought through exercises, this book will help anyone re-think their work life and enable them to make positive changes. GREAT BOOK!
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Summary: Excellent Resource!
Review: Zen and the Art of Making a Living is a great, insightful resource for exploring, and working towards, meaningful career goals. It is chock full of material for every type of reader and learner. From well-written essays to thought through exercises, this book will help anyone re-think their work life and enable them to make positive changes. GREAT BOOK!
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