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Today We Are Rich: Harnessing the Power of Total Confidence
The long awaited prequel to global best seller Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends.
Are you just hanging in there? Have life’s curveballs thrown you off balance? Do you feel as if your life is going sideways?
Best-selling author, leadership coach, and former Yahoo! executive Tim Sanders knows how you feel. His father’s unexpected death put him in a downward spiral for fifteen years—what he calls his “sideways years.” A photo of a dusty water tower in Texas finally woke him up in 1996. That’s when he realized he needed to go home to his rock—his grandmother Billye, who had taken him in as a child to raise as her own.
Rediscovering the lessons she taught him as a child turned his life around and, in less than four years, catapulted him to financial security and an officer-level role at an S&P 500 company at the center of the Internet revolution. Today, his promise to himself is, “I will never forget those lessons. The price is too high.” Join Tim as he rediscovers the classic principles of confident living that some of the most successful and joyful people you know live by:
1 – Feed Your Mind Good Stuff
2 – Move the Conversation Forward
3 – Exercise Your Gratitude Muscle
4 – Give to Be Rich
5 – Prepare Yourself
6 – Balance Your Confidence
7 – Promise Made, Promise Kept
In Today We Are Rich, Sanders updates Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale to tackle a new world, where social media and transparency present unique challenges to our sense of confidence, sanity, and faith.
Are you just hanging in there? Have life’s curveballs thrown you off balance? Do you feel as if your life is going sideways?
Best-selling author, leadership coach, and former Yahoo! executive Tim Sanders knows how you feel. His father’s unexpected death put him in a downward spiral for fifteen years—what he calls his “sideways years.” A photo of a dusty water tower in Texas finally woke him up in 1996. That’s when he realized he needed to go home to his rock—his grandmother Billye, who had taken him in as a child to raise as her own.
Rediscovering the lessons she taught him as a child turned his life around and, in less than four years, catapulted him to financial security and an officer-level role at an S&P 500 company at the center of the Internet revolution. Today, his promise to himself is, “I will never forget those lessons. The price is too high.” Join Tim as he rediscovers the classic principles of confident living that some of the most successful and joyful people you know live by:
1 – Feed Your Mind Good Stuff
2 – Move the Conversation Forward
3 – Exercise Your Gratitude Muscle
4 – Give to Be Rich
5 – Prepare Yourself
6 – Balance Your Confidence
7 – Promise Made, Promise Kept
In Today We Are Rich, Sanders updates Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale to tackle a new world, where social media and transparency present unique challenges to our sense of confidence, sanity, and faith.
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First published March 29, 2011
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April 11, 2011
You know how, when Oprah really loves something, she wants to give it to everybody? ("And YOU get a car and YOU get a car and YOU get a car...") That's kind of how I feel about this book. If I could afford it, I'd buy a case of copies of "Today We are Rich" and seek out all the people in my life who I think need or would want to read its wisdoms. And in my mind, that number is many.
It's not that Tim Sanders writes in this book about any earth-shatteringly new concepts in business/self-empowerment. It's just that he is the kind of author who excels tremendously at pulling together those ideas and morales that we should think more about (instead of checking our Facebook feeds for the 20th time in a day). And, in particular here, those ideas would be the principles of confidence.
In a nutshell, they include:
• Feeding your mind good stuff: Filter out the negative thoughts and people in your life, feed your mind the right kind of "mind food" (more gospel and good books, less cable news commentary)
• Moving the conversation forward: Don't let doubts hold you back; facing up to your own worst-case scenario and realize you could still survive it
• Exercise your gratitude muscle: Express your gratitude and start each day grateful (this chapter is what finally motivated to get serious about starting a gratitude journal)
• Give to be rich: When we give to others, we boost our way out of feeling burned out (Sanders' talks a lot about giving to causes that mean a lot to you—this has prompted me to think more seriously about finding causes related to literacy because the older I get the more I understand how important books and reading are to my life)
• Prepare yourself: Get smart about whatever issues you're facing; read, read and read some more ("Carry books with you wherever you go" Sanders writes; I'm on it! :)
• Balance your confidence: "Total confidence requires a belief in yourself, other people in your life, and in something greater than yourself."
• Promises made should be promises kept: "If you finish what you start and what you say you'll do, anything is possible."
You may think I've "given away" what this book is about, so no need to read it. But I say you should DEFINITELY still pick a copy up!! Sanders is a great writer (who is easy to read in his conversational tone) and you'll want to read more about the stories he shares on how each one of these principles has been taught to him through his relationship with his grandmother Billye. Who, I might add, tuly sounds like one hell of a woman ....
A few more gems of thought I loved:
— "Gratitude is a capability built up through exercise and focus. It's an ability to perceive, receive and produce the position emotion of gratefulness."
— "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
— You always have a gift to give. ALWAYS.
— "Show me someone who lights up a room, commands respect, and charms everyone, and I'll point out the underlying energy that makes it all possible: confidence."
It's not that Tim Sanders writes in this book about any earth-shatteringly new concepts in business/self-empowerment. It's just that he is the kind of author who excels tremendously at pulling together those ideas and morales that we should think more about (instead of checking our Facebook feeds for the 20th time in a day). And, in particular here, those ideas would be the principles of confidence.
In a nutshell, they include:
• Feeding your mind good stuff: Filter out the negative thoughts and people in your life, feed your mind the right kind of "mind food" (more gospel and good books, less cable news commentary)
• Moving the conversation forward: Don't let doubts hold you back; facing up to your own worst-case scenario and realize you could still survive it
• Exercise your gratitude muscle: Express your gratitude and start each day grateful (this chapter is what finally motivated to get serious about starting a gratitude journal)
• Give to be rich: When we give to others, we boost our way out of feeling burned out (Sanders' talks a lot about giving to causes that mean a lot to you—this has prompted me to think more seriously about finding causes related to literacy because the older I get the more I understand how important books and reading are to my life)
• Prepare yourself: Get smart about whatever issues you're facing; read, read and read some more ("Carry books with you wherever you go" Sanders writes; I'm on it! :)
• Balance your confidence: "Total confidence requires a belief in yourself, other people in your life, and in something greater than yourself."
• Promises made should be promises kept: "If you finish what you start and what you say you'll do, anything is possible."
You may think I've "given away" what this book is about, so no need to read it. But I say you should DEFINITELY still pick a copy up!! Sanders is a great writer (who is easy to read in his conversational tone) and you'll want to read more about the stories he shares on how each one of these principles has been taught to him through his relationship with his grandmother Billye. Who, I might add, tuly sounds like one hell of a woman ....
A few more gems of thought I loved:
— "Gratitude is a capability built up through exercise and focus. It's an ability to perceive, receive and produce the position emotion of gratefulness."
— "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
— You always have a gift to give. ALWAYS.
— "Show me someone who lights up a room, commands respect, and charms everyone, and I'll point out the underlying energy that makes it all possible: confidence."
March 25, 2013
I bought this book for only a few bucks when it was on sale on Amazon. I had no idea how amazingly good it would be until I read the introduction and I was so touched, it brought tears to my eyes! The whole book was uplifting and thought provoking with so much good advice on changing your attitude. I REALLY LOVED this book. Favorite excerpts as follows:
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
"Our habits are literally garments worn by our personalities. Whether they are good habits (remembering other people's birthdays) or bad habits (smoking), you wear them as a statement about who you are. Knowing you should stop doing something but not doing it changes the way you picture yourself."
"The reason it is so important to feed your mind good stuff is that the resulting thoughts determine your success or failure, your happiness or misery, and most important, the circumstances of your life. Those who do not have a diet plan for their minds are subject to their worst memories and the world's constant fear chatter---and those result in disturbing thought patterns."
"The more we chew on the painful past, the more details the subconscious coughs up, and the more it expands in our thinking. Once we've learned a lesson from a mistake, we need to declare the details 'useless memories' and discard them. Store the insight; delete the details."
"Avoid gossip the way you would the flu. It's a socially acceptable form of pornography that is hurtful."
"Every man is what he is, because of the dominating thoughts which he permits to occupy his mind... We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment."
"No matter how much good stuff you put in your mind, if the internal conversation is distorted, you'll still produce negative thoughts."
"If we are feeling resentful, we tune in to things to resent."
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
"Our habits are literally garments worn by our personalities. Whether they are good habits (remembering other people's birthdays) or bad habits (smoking), you wear them as a statement about who you are. Knowing you should stop doing something but not doing it changes the way you picture yourself."
"The reason it is so important to feed your mind good stuff is that the resulting thoughts determine your success or failure, your happiness or misery, and most important, the circumstances of your life. Those who do not have a diet plan for their minds are subject to their worst memories and the world's constant fear chatter---and those result in disturbing thought patterns."
"The more we chew on the painful past, the more details the subconscious coughs up, and the more it expands in our thinking. Once we've learned a lesson from a mistake, we need to declare the details 'useless memories' and discard them. Store the insight; delete the details."
"Avoid gossip the way you would the flu. It's a socially acceptable form of pornography that is hurtful."
"Every man is what he is, because of the dominating thoughts which he permits to occupy his mind... We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment."
"No matter how much good stuff you put in your mind, if the internal conversation is distorted, you'll still produce negative thoughts."
"If we are feeling resentful, we tune in to things to resent."
May 20, 2011
With all that life throws my way on a daily basis, I have found that positive thinking is critical to my survival both personally and professionally. I was lucky to have been raised in a home that taught me to be grateful for all that God has given me and to not dwell on the difficulties and challenges that come my way. Reading books, articles, and listening to stories and music that reinforce that message allows me to not only cope in today’s world, but to thrive. Today We Are Rich is an excellent source of inspiration for someone wanting to reconnect with the basics of gratitude, service, and the power of positive thinking. Tim Sanders lays out seven principles for re-aligning your mindset to be more positive in your home and work life. The ideas and suggestions for how to improve are nothing I haven’t heard before, but it is a nice reminder of just how important it is to surround yourself with positive messages and to stay focused on the person you want to be instead of the person you fear you might become. This is a great book that isn’t too long, forced me to think about my outlook and encouraged me to incorporate a few daily habits to help me along my life journey.
December 9, 2011
Billye, the authors adopted parent, always knew what to say when it was needed, instilling confidence and seemed to make a difference in the authors young life. Reading more like the cross between autobiography of the author and a biography of Billye with a collection of quotes and passages from other writers and famous personalities thrown in, the book shifted back and forth between all of them. The author was able to put into practice the lessons and principles that was taught to him from Billye and others and he gives the reader ways to incorporate and apply them to their lives.
The advice on a positive note I learned for example: How to ignore what is bringing you down, how to have a positive mindset. On the flipside for example: I found out how to alienate people and how to pump myself up so I can be better than others. To be honest I would pick this book up and put it down quite a bit not feeling satisfied that it was a good choice for the time spent. I felt that the book did not challenge my faith. I would have given the book 2.5 stars but gave it 3 for effort.
I do believe in the power of positive thinking, but just not at the expense of others.
The advice on a positive note I learned for example: How to ignore what is bringing you down, how to have a positive mindset. On the flipside for example: I found out how to alienate people and how to pump myself up so I can be better than others. To be honest I would pick this book up and put it down quite a bit not feeling satisfied that it was a good choice for the time spent. I felt that the book did not challenge my faith. I would have given the book 2.5 stars but gave it 3 for effort.
I do believe in the power of positive thinking, but just not at the expense of others.
May 4, 2012
Today We Are Rich by Tim Sanders
Learning--feed your mind good stuff; be as careful with what you put into your mind as what you put into your mouth; good books, good music, good conversation with people who lift you up.
Gratitude--exercise your gratitude muscle; make gratitude your first thoughts in the morning to banish fear and anxiety.
Giving--focusing on the needs of others brings out our strengths; before you let thoughts of lack become dominant, challenge them with an act of giving.
Rules for effective giving:
1. Give in accordance with your values
2. Give to empower others
3. Give expecting nothing in return
4. Tune in to daily giving opportunities
Finishing--Keep your promises. Fulfill your commitments. Whether your habits are good or bad, you wear them as a badge of who you are. Knowing that you should do something and not doing it changes your perception of who you are.
The good loop--each time you practice learning, thanking, giving, and finishing, the positive results encourage you to do even more which of course leading to more positive results.
Good motivational reading.
Learning--feed your mind good stuff; be as careful with what you put into your mind as what you put into your mouth; good books, good music, good conversation with people who lift you up.
Gratitude--exercise your gratitude muscle; make gratitude your first thoughts in the morning to banish fear and anxiety.
Giving--focusing on the needs of others brings out our strengths; before you let thoughts of lack become dominant, challenge them with an act of giving.
Rules for effective giving:
1. Give in accordance with your values
2. Give to empower others
3. Give expecting nothing in return
4. Tune in to daily giving opportunities
Finishing--Keep your promises. Fulfill your commitments. Whether your habits are good or bad, you wear them as a badge of who you are. Knowing that you should do something and not doing it changes your perception of who you are.
The good loop--each time you practice learning, thanking, giving, and finishing, the positive results encourage you to do even more which of course leading to more positive results.
Good motivational reading.
June 16, 2011
A surprisingly good read. In Today We are Rich, Tim Sander's gives Biblically-based principles for living in a "good loop". Though it is a motivational type book, it's got a relevant plot and sub-plot and solid references, including many connections to Scripture.
Principle 1: Feed your mind good stuff
Principle 2: Move the Conversation Forward
Principle 3: Exercise Your Gratitude Muscle
Principle 4: Give to Be Rich
Principle 5: Prepare Yourself
Principle 6: Balance Your Confidence
Principle 7: Promise Made, Promise Kept
This is an easy read, is organized well, and contains very little fluff.
Principle 1: Feed your mind good stuff
Principle 2: Move the Conversation Forward
Principle 3: Exercise Your Gratitude Muscle
Principle 4: Give to Be Rich
Principle 5: Prepare Yourself
Principle 6: Balance Your Confidence
Principle 7: Promise Made, Promise Kept
This is an easy read, is organized well, and contains very little fluff.
August 14, 2012
I have read my fair share of what could be termed "self-help" or "self-improvement" books... marriage, communication, parenting/discipline, motivation... but never one about confidence. I found a lot of things in this book to be good and interesting, but so much of it I was already doing (though maybe in a different way than he suggests). But I think like a lot of self-help books, the people who really need to read it, probably won't--though more people may read it being tricked by the title thinking it's about material wealth, instead of personal happiness.
I did read this for a book club, so maybe I'll feel differently after we discuss it next month.
I did read this for a book club, so maybe I'll feel differently after we discuss it next month.
August 5, 2011
In the genre of the "power of positive thinking" books, Sanders provides his set of guidelines for developing an upbeat outlook, confidence, strong social relationships, and faith. For those seeking a pep talk and some techniques for turning negatives into successes, this book has something to offer.
It is preachy and a bit too much homespun (his grandmother is the great philosopher he turns to) for my taste, but it is not without value.
It is preachy and a bit too much homespun (his grandmother is the great philosopher he turns to) for my taste, but it is not without value.
August 16, 2011
Wow! I read the Prologue and said to my wife, "This is a Goodreads Five Star already." She read that portion too and understood my excitement. I am thankful that Tim wrote this book, and that I too am rich. You are rich too. Read his Prologe and you will read the rest of the book. I have read and enjoyed his work "Love is the Killer App" which, among other things, changed how I read books. And now TWAR builds upon that work. Thanks Tim.
October 15, 2011
This is a good book overall. I like the narrative style and I like the Napoleon Hill & Dale Carnegie references. It's preachy at times but it works well overall giving a new twist to timeless principles. It loses steam at the end in my opinion. I think that typically, authors of the genre are persuaded to add filler to their books. I find that wasteful. Make your point and move on, I say...
July 22, 2014
The book quotes and refers several good books. Feed your mind with good stuff, prepare with mirror technique, balance the confidence and take time to make a promise and keep whatever the promise you made. Those are the lessons I learnt!!
August 27, 2013
Good read and advice for older audience. Not at the moment.
November 23, 2017
Started off good, but didn't really go anywhere substantial.
July 5, 2017
Inspiring book. Surprisingly easy read as the book is written in a folksy language with anecdotes and personal stories filling up more than half the book.
Gives a set of 7 principles to build good habits towards a rewarding life. Most of it is stuff people learn as kids, and might have forgotten some of those lessons as they go through life.
The principle that resonated most with me is the fourth one - "Give to be rich". Working as a freelancer paid by the hour, I have over the past couple of years fallen into the trap of "There is never enough of money/time/..." thinking. The book made me realize the value of frequently giving my time/money to worthy causes. That will be my action item over the next month.
Gives a set of 7 principles to build good habits towards a rewarding life. Most of it is stuff people learn as kids, and might have forgotten some of those lessons as they go through life.
The principle that resonated most with me is the fourth one - "Give to be rich". Working as a freelancer paid by the hour, I have over the past couple of years fallen into the trap of "There is never enough of money/time/..." thinking. The book made me realize the value of frequently giving my time/money to worthy causes. That will be my action item over the next month.
June 19, 2021
I'm a believer of picking up the "right" book at the "right" time, and this one was useful as a tool for reflection and for adjusting my short term goals. In a nutshell, it reminds you to focus on the bigger picture and put effort into maintaining a process for improvement rather than focusing only on expectations or momentary outcomes. As with any book, it's helpful to maintain some perspective when reading and take what pieces are most relevant at any given time.
November 4, 2018
This book is a holistic view on what it really means to be rich. Beyond material possessions and money, Tim shares with readers how gratitude, giving, and keeping our word allow us to harness the power inherent in each of us. This is an excellent self help book that will guide you to greater levels of joy and fulfillment in your life.
October 14, 2019
Motivational speaker Tim Sanders draws from his family history to offer tips for success -not financial increase, necessarily, but steps toward a life of integrity. Especially good for someone just starting out in a profession.
February 12, 2023
Solid personal development book with lots of good insight I can apply to my business and life. This book was well-rounded and easy to get through. I enjoyed the author’s storytelling and writing style.
July 14, 2017
Great read.
Definitely worth the time. It's a quick read and full of ideas, quotes and techniques for how have a good perspective on life.
Definitely worth the time. It's a quick read and full of ideas, quotes and techniques for how have a good perspective on life.
July 7, 2023
Pretty darned uplifting and nice, if just a tad repetitive. I liked it :)
August 23, 2023
Very valuable change of perpective on self accountability and our own responsibility to choose how we look at things.
May 2, 2023
definitely not for my age group but that doesn’t mean it didn’t have really good advice and highly motivational bits and pieces. got bored of the filler content though, i will say.
February 21, 2017
I loved this easy to read book. I saw myself a few times in Tim's stories. His Grandma was a trooper. I would tweet some of my daily thought from reading the book, and he'd LIKE and ReTweet them. I thought that was amazing Mr. Sanders made time to engage his readers. A+ in my book, along with a 5 star review from me.
January 28, 2016
Today We Are Rich by Tim Sanders is an ace. In my opinion, this book is destined to become a modern classic. Tim strikes the chord in our hearts and minds through his swift message. It is a book for all seasons and all ages. Tim shares the lessons he learnt from his grandmother, Billye in this book. Throughout all the chapters, he conveys the matter with a beautiful personal stories and incidents.
TWAR will encourage us and rekindle the dreams we have planted in our hearts. The tips from this book are pragmatic and easy to apply in our daily life. I will use this book as a reference tool from time to time to motivate myself.
Tim talks about the 1Csideways journey 1D in his life and then offers us the wisdom of Billye through the following seven principles:
1. Feed your mind good stuff.
2. Move the conversation forward.
3. Exercise your gratitude muscle.
4. Give to be rich.
5. Prepare yourself.
6. Balance your confidence.
7. Promise made, promise kept.
I would give this one five out of five stars.
Tim Sanders is an international speaker, a consultant to Fortune 1000 companies, the author of many books. He is a former executive at Yahoo!, where he served as chief solutions officer and also leadership coach. Today, he is the CEO of Deeper Media, an online advice-content company.
Please note that I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from Tyndale House Publishers through CBD. Also be informed that the opinions I have expressed are my own. I was not required to write a positive review.
TWAR will encourage us and rekindle the dreams we have planted in our hearts. The tips from this book are pragmatic and easy to apply in our daily life. I will use this book as a reference tool from time to time to motivate myself.
Tim talks about the 1Csideways journey 1D in his life and then offers us the wisdom of Billye through the following seven principles:
1. Feed your mind good stuff.
2. Move the conversation forward.
3. Exercise your gratitude muscle.
4. Give to be rich.
5. Prepare yourself.
6. Balance your confidence.
7. Promise made, promise kept.
I would give this one five out of five stars.
Tim Sanders is an international speaker, a consultant to Fortune 1000 companies, the author of many books. He is a former executive at Yahoo!, where he served as chief solutions officer and also leadership coach. Today, he is the CEO of Deeper Media, an online advice-content company.
Please note that I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from Tyndale House Publishers through CBD. Also be informed that the opinions I have expressed are my own. I was not required to write a positive review.
December 31, 2011
Stuck in a rutt? Always focusing on the negative? Unsure of how to dig yourself out of that deep dark whole? Tim Sanders is here to offer you some help to gain back your confidence and to succeed everyday from your place of business to your work life.
We all go through those times where we are not sure how to continue or where to go from here, Sanders helps to redefine what we are living for he reminds us that “your purpose must involve something greater than yourself” and how to find what your purpose is and how you should focus on the purpose God has given you over a passion that you may let drive you.
Through ‘Today we are Rich’ Sanders tells of his own pitfalls and how he has managed to turn everything around and live a positive life that has led to his success, and how money and wealth and our job is not what makes us rich, instead it is the act of fulfilling our purpose, serving others and living the life we are meant to live that make us rich every single day.
‘Today we are Rich’ is full of advice and the steps it takes to turn our life around, it is full of stories of people who have done that, and those who have given up and let themselves fall deeper into the hole. Sanders takes the time to remind us that this book is not going to change our opinions and thought and our life, but that its a starting point but the only way you can become a more confident person is by changing your attitude and outlook on life, and that begins with you. So take the first step to becoming the true you and realizing that today YOU are Rich.
We all go through those times where we are not sure how to continue or where to go from here, Sanders helps to redefine what we are living for he reminds us that “your purpose must involve something greater than yourself” and how to find what your purpose is and how you should focus on the purpose God has given you over a passion that you may let drive you.
Through ‘Today we are Rich’ Sanders tells of his own pitfalls and how he has managed to turn everything around and live a positive life that has led to his success, and how money and wealth and our job is not what makes us rich, instead it is the act of fulfilling our purpose, serving others and living the life we are meant to live that make us rich every single day.
‘Today we are Rich’ is full of advice and the steps it takes to turn our life around, it is full of stories of people who have done that, and those who have given up and let themselves fall deeper into the hole. Sanders takes the time to remind us that this book is not going to change our opinions and thought and our life, but that its a starting point but the only way you can become a more confident person is by changing your attitude and outlook on life, and that begins with you. So take the first step to becoming the true you and realizing that today YOU are Rich.
July 13, 2013
I normally do not read these kinds of books because I feel my life is good enough as it is, however, someone recommended the book for me to read. I found most of the principles to be mostly common sense stuff, but I did appreciate the author for stressing that you need to have faith in God. I find many books of this sort to be the opposite: rely on yourself and not on God. Though I do not agree with everything in the book, I did find it refreshing to read because the author stressed that you need to have and practice good values in order to be successful. This is important today because it seems like morals and values are being degraded in this country. To be honest, this is probably the best self-help book I have read in a long time and I would be interested to read some of this author’s other works.
July 24, 2011
Tim Sanders does a wonderful job of motivating and empowering the reader. I took away a lot of great quotes out of this book and it just goes to show that positivity conquers all. I also enjoyed that Tim walked the reader through very clear steps on how you can apply practices of total confidence in your daily life. A lot of it is building the groundwork for success and I think that everyone can gain something from this book. When I finished the book I sent Tim a personal message and he responded back to me which just made it that much better for me because I know that he truly cares about the principles he preaches. I look forward to utilizing his teaching and re-visiting some great quotes in times of need.
December 18, 2012
A great book about how to maintain one's self in everyday life - managing the hustle and bustle while staying happy and not becoming burnt out. He gives some great little exercises that can be done in just a few minutes everyday and will generate happiness.
One problem I had with the book was the reliance on the idea of maintaining one's connection with God. Sanders makes a connection with God seem utterly necessary in order to live a good and rich life. Being an atheist I felt somewhat alienated and isolated from these passages (not because I don't understand them). While I understand that many people have a deep and powerful connection with God I don't think that it is be a prerequisite to success or happiness.
One problem I had with the book was the reliance on the idea of maintaining one's connection with God. Sanders makes a connection with God seem utterly necessary in order to live a good and rich life. Being an atheist I felt somewhat alienated and isolated from these passages (not because I don't understand them). While I understand that many people have a deep and powerful connection with God I don't think that it is be a prerequisite to success or happiness.
June 6, 2011
I am not sure what classification to put this book under. My choices would be between business, self-help and inspirational. Though it would also be a good book for teenagers and young adults to read. The author shares sage advice given to him by his grandmother as she raised him. This is the same advice that, when he followed it, has helped him to become successful. Also, the rich mentioned does not have to do with money necessarily and neither does the successful. He spends just a little time on his younger years and then goes on to expound on his grandmother's advice as he lives and learns. I enjoyed reading this book and am thinking of buying hard copies for my sons.
January 26, 2012
Perhaps I'm just not the self-help book type person.
There were parts of this book I really enjoyed, the personal anecdotes, the inspiring stories from the author's life (finishing a mile race when all others had lapped him) and stories of others (the sales exec who finds new enjoyment in his role by looking at his job like a new-start) but . . .
I felt this book was too 'preachy' for me, I don't feel as though I need to have a closer relationship to god to get the most out of life, to exercise the books other lessons (such as exercising your gratitude muscle, finding balance and purpose, and completing your promises).
I can see why some people love this book, but for me, it was ok.
There were parts of this book I really enjoyed, the personal anecdotes, the inspiring stories from the author's life (finishing a mile race when all others had lapped him) and stories of others (the sales exec who finds new enjoyment in his role by looking at his job like a new-start) but . . .
I felt this book was too 'preachy' for me, I don't feel as though I need to have a closer relationship to god to get the most out of life, to exercise the books other lessons (such as exercising your gratitude muscle, finding balance and purpose, and completing your promises).
I can see why some people love this book, but for me, it was ok.
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