Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts

by John-Roger, Peter McWilliams

Offers a complete guide to setting and achieving goals, outlining simple but powerful steps and providing a wealth of motivation.

Genres: Self Help, Personal Development, Nonfiction

472 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

A teacher and lecturer of international stature, John-Roger, D.S.S. is an inspiration in the lives of many people around the world. For over four decades, his wisdom, humor, common sense and love have helped people to discover the Spirit within themselves and find health, peace, and prosperity.

With two co-authored books on the New York Times Bestseller List to his credit, and more than four dozen self-help books and audio albums, Dr. John-Roger offers extraordinary insights on a wide range of topics. He is the founder and spiritual adviser of the nondenominational Church of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA), which focuses on Soul Transcendence; founder, first president, and now chancellor of the University of Santa Monica; founder and president of Peace Theological Seminary & College of Philosophy; founder and chairman of the board of Insight Seminars; founder and spiritual adviser of the Institute for Individual and World Peace; and founder of The Heartfelt Foundation. Dr. John-Roger also co-produced and co-wrote Spiritual Warriors, an award-winning movie inspired by John-Roger's book, Spiritual Warrior. For more information on the movie, please go to www.spiritualwarriors.com.

Dr. John-Roger has given over 6,000 lectures and seminars worldwide, many of which are televised nationally on his cable program, "That Which Is," through the Network of Wisdoms. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows and been a featured guest on "Larry King Live."

An educator and minister by profession, John-Roger continues to transform lives by educating people in the wisdom of the spiritual heart.

For more information about Dr. John-Roger, contact angel@mandevillepress.org or you may also visit www.john-roger.org "

Reviews

[D Reviews Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't love the whole book. I don't like the message that anyone who wants to succeed at their dream must sacrifice all else - including familial and civic responsibility. The rest of the book, however, gave me loads to think about.

[KB]

I skim-read this book and have mixed feelings about it - to be fair, it has been out for over 30 years, so it is a bit dated at this point. It has some good nuggets, especially about the value of time and the upside of discomfort. My overall takeaway is that the material may be better motivation if I am skewing toward a depressed state than if I am skewing toward an anxious state. I personally tend to equate "productivity" with self-worth, due to conditioning from family pressures, society "norms", cultural factors, and possibly even the Gen-X era when I grew up. So sometimes I just wanna be accepted (maybe even loved?!) simply for "being" without the onus of needing some grand purpose, lofty ambitions, or great accomplishments. I will probably pick it up and skim through it again at different times to see if it sparks motivation whenever I need it again.

[Felicia Owens]

DNF.

[Jason C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stating this book is fun to read is an understatement. Phenomenal!

Write down a dream -> Focus on positive energy and aspects -> meditate -> Remind yourself of the dream -> Rewind/rework -> Work on it with a positive mindset -> Envision it -> Complete it -> Nurture yourself consistently through the process -> Emphesize on "enthusiasm and joy" in completing it -> "but" make sure you say NO to comfort! Comfort = no growth.

Part of loving the word but (even though nothing good comes after it) is comfort. Comfortability in where one stands. Do away with it and push to greater heights and lenghts. Take risks. You get one life and its right to make it count.

[Danni · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book, but I have done a lot of the things I wanted to do. The ones that are left are hard things like traveling abroad, which is not something I can do right now. I know I feel happier when I am working on something, but I just don't know at this point. Maybe my job right now should be to pay off my house and work on retirement savings.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's full of quotes and other inspirational ideas on how to be successful.

[Franz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Altes Buch, das ich nach 15 Jahren mal wieder gelesen habe.

Motiviert dazu, sich über seine Ziele klar zu werden und sie umzusetzen. Hilft dabei, Entschlossenheit aufzubauen. Mir jedenfalls.