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Summary: A fabulous jouney through the questions and answers.
Review: Brault has done a beautiful job of offering a host of credible stroies to help with your search regardless of the specific goal. Looking forward to the sequel!
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Summary: A fabulous jouney through the questions and answers.
Review: Brault has done a beautiful job of offering a host of credible stroies to help with your search regardless of the specific goal. Looking forward to the sequel!
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Summary: FINALLY!!! A self improvement book that you can actually use
Review: I've read a lot of books about self improvement. Most of those end up in my next garage sale. This one is a "keeper". Finally something written that is easy and fun to read, makes sense, and (most importantly) shows that the author is a real human being. It is very easy to be drawn into the book as Brault talks about what he has learned from a variety of masters. The qualilty that appeals to me the most, however is that this is a book about a person on a simple journey to understand how to make both his life and the lives of people he interacts with, better. The book points out some good paths to follow and then walks with you along the way. The author uses a lot of humor (either that, or my own sense of humor is a bit warped) to make his points and to show real life with all of it's lumps, warts and goofs. Once again, stuff that I can really relate to. You may be able to buy this book on-line, but you won't be able to buy it in my next garage sale.
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Summary: Not very captivating, somewhat fawning...
Review: Sorry, but I guess this is one of the things that turns me off to martial arts and their adherents: a search for someone who has what you don't. Most martial arts require a sense of servility, and a sense of awe towards the master or leader. Jim's book certainly reinforces this tendency. I know Jim, and am frankly a little dissapointed to find that he is almost obsequious about the ones he calls the master. It has been a few months since I read the book, but I do recall certain aspects of the book that were quite dissapointing. I do remember that as I read thru the book things became quite predictable, and that the last half of the book was easily skimmed. In fact, it's the fastest I've ever read a book, and not because it was so captivating, but rather because I had a pretty good premonition about what was coming. Anyone who has ever studied Eastern Mysticism will be acquainted with most of the book's major ideas. These are all a rehash of Oriental philosophy. When I want to know how to better myself, and I always do, I will most assuredly not be looking around the a master. Some of the character traits Jim admires, I admire also. Anyone who is centered, who has a sense of self balance, will not be easily pulled by the confusing pace of the outer world. And if someone comes along and demonstrates a strong sense of character, who embodies heroic qualities, I will admire this person, and want to know what makes him click. But I won't fawn over him. If I do, I have automatically made myself a lesser person, not a better person.
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Summary: Not very captivating, somewhat fawning...
Review: The personal stories the author includes in this work is what makes you want to keep reading. You feel as if the author is speaking directly to you. He touches on everyday life and how to be a better person for yourself and your family. Definately a book you will want to read and re-read.
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