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I am still reading the book so my review is based on what I have read so far. I also looked at other reviews of this book. And here is my opinion: Reading this book does give me a motivation to challenge my shortcomings which I have been working on. CI am still reading the book so my review is based on what I have read so far. I also looked at other reviews of this book. And here is my opinion: Reading this book does give me a motivation to challenge my shortcomings which I have been working on. Change is a continuous process and I agree with the fact that emotions should not control us (as the author says). Past incidents do influence (strongly even) but the way we become is also for a large part determined by the meaning we attach to them and the way we deal with/learn from them. “The important thing is not what one is born with but what use one makes of that equipment.” What one is born with does have impact but it is also as quoted - how one makes use of the equipment.
That is not to say however, that there cannot be a single instant where we don't lose control or act in a way we did not intend to. Those situations do occur and we can just accept them as they are, deal with it and move on (forget or carry them). After all, we learn from our mistakes.
Some people reviewed it as sounding condescending and victim blaming. To me, no single philosophy, book or psychological idea is complete. A single person's or group's ideas cannot be entirely complete and perfect as the pool is too vast and perfect objectivity is impossible. My thought process is: "Absorb and apply the concepts that help you and leave the rest. Think of it as finding out yet another way of thought the world has to offer." For this book, not everything may be right to everyone and not everything may be wrong....more
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“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.”
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Paulo Coelho