Greg
Good reminder read. The best part is the tips used by various industries in the last part of the book.
ack... I don't know how to write a review for this book. I ended genuinely liking the author even though he doesn't talk that much about himself. There were some chapters that bordered on awesome and there were others that I had to slog through. I almost gave the book a four based on his chapters about creating a personal practice, i.e. yoga, tai chi, meditation or whatever else works for you. I was also impressed with his discussions on creating rituals to invite creativity.
I did take his Creation Mindset Audit @ his website jonathanfields.com and scored an 11 so I know I have work to do. One thing I was disappointed in was when I went to his website he had noted in the book that there was a free down-loadable workbook available. When I clicked the link it basically said it would be coming soon.
All said, I will definitely be watching Mr. Fields work in the future.
Delightful play about frenimies who become just friends. Does every thing a play should do!
Basic marketing applied to Lady Gaga. Worth a read especially if you're a member of monster nation.
52 loaves is in turn witty, approachable, educational and Mr. Alexander is just a little bit naughty.
There were several times I laughed aloud - one in particular was when he talked about his love of the word “fellatio”. Mix this in with obsessive compulsion, a handful of monks and this half-baked idea comes out fully formed and a delicious read. Bon appetit!
If you've seen gapingvoid.com you probably already love Hugh MacLeod. Unfortunately this book has some good basic advice but the cartoons just didn't have the zing I was expecting. Subscribe to his blog - skip this book.
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Top Hat Reviews
The book itself is pretty good. I do find it disappointing that when I go to his website to access the downloads that are described in the book that there are no downloads to be accessed. This is frustrating.
I want to give this book four stars but somehow just can't. It is definitely a good read giving me a glimpse into two worlds I knew little or nothing about. Worth your time with some laughter and some sadness.
Hurwitz's Orphan X series continues to deliver! This series just keeps getting better and better in all the right ways. I hate to close the last page of these books, and yet I'm completely satisfied with a tale well told. Action, adventure, and sexy times make this one freaking hawt book!
A few interesting points in this book...career as squiggle...twelve easyish steps to starting a blog - both of these were good information. BUT the authors fan-boy attitude towards Apple got in the way. You can't go very many pages or often paragraphs without a mention of Apple, or Steve Jobs, or ipad, or iphone or etc., etc.... I have Apple products but after being bombarded with adoration of a single device, platform, I just got irritated. Surely there has to be other examples that could have served as well if not better.
[bc:The House We Grew Up In 18764826 The House We Grew Up In Lisa Jewell https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1407719574s/18764826.jpg 23967072] Hoarding, suicide, family secrets this one has it all and a little bit more.
The Bird family has so many secrets that no one can know about and one of the largest is that Mama Bird is a full-blown hoarder complete with newspaper paths. There is one tiny area that contains a recliner where she sleeps, eats, lives, and corresponds with an online lover. But what does all this clutter really cover up? And why is Rhys' room just as he left it when he killed himself? This is a fantastic book about a family creating it's own tragedy in their own very special way. The last paragraph will leave you gasping as this book ends exactly the way it should!
Well worth the read!
Top Hats Reviews
Rambling bio of Penn Jillette.
Enjoyed most of it but was put off by his discussion of mentor/personal savior James Randi. I go with Mr. Jillette's philosophy of “I don't know” in a lot of my world philosophy but I have a problem with people or “societies” who's only claim to fame is trying to debunk or diminish others in order to boost their agenda or their own lack of entertainment value or credibility.
Rant over.
Fun book with some laugh out loud moments where you wish you had been there.
If you are a tea partying, uber right wing, fundamentalist - you will love this book.
I'm especially astounded by the praying for the folks that the character has just killed and contemplating whether they were “saved” or not.
The writing is OK..but the subject matter and basic hate mongering is so rampant that I can't go anymore than 1 star.
Not sure what the low ratings are about? Maybe Morgan's excellent book hit my sweet spot because I resonated strongly with it. I love the stories and the anecdotes! He really gave me something to think about when he started talking about public speaking. I do a lot of it and I've always been nervous about it until recently when I did a re-frame and became excited about it. He presents the same idea and goes me one better by comparing the feelings of public presentation with the same symptoms of preparing for a sexual encounter. Increased heart rate, sweaty palms, flushing, shallow breathing, etc. Why do we identify one as nervousness and one as excitement? Telling! Spot on and enjoyable throughout.
There was one tiny bit near the end that pulled me out of the narrative arc. He body slammed the principles contained in The Secret. I don't particularly care for the book either but it did lessen his impact for me for a minute. He could have easily lost me at that moment...and that may be why there are some extremely low reviews.
Ignore that one sentence and for me this book is a five.
Dated examples - nothing beyond the 90's that I found. The first chapter consists of the Nixon/Kennedy debate and as we all know that has been analyzed to death.
This book is unfortunately entirely forgettable.
High protein. Low fat. Ketoacidosis for the first few days. Simple list of proscribed foods so you don't have to think about what you eat.
Not for me right now.
Small town bookstore opens and thrives.
This seems like a cozy even though it's non-fiction. Comforting depiction of taking a leap off the cliff and allowing the fates to catch you.
Can you say “hokum”? Or is that “bunkum”? All I know is, is that I kept asking “seriously?”, “really”?
It just doesn't add up, and if you know me you know I'm pretty much an open-minded seeker..but even I can only open my mind so far.
- His dad was the Marlboro Man and the author seems to worship him but it feels like there were issues.
- Mr. Farrell is a purported healer. If he were able to do all of these miraculous things one would think we might have heard of him before this book...along with most of the rest of the world.
- His biggest healing talents seem to be for noses. He “heals” a gargoyles nose, gives a woman cosmetic surgery for her nose, and heals a severely disfigured gentleman's nose. Oh yeah he also does the cancer, broken bones, confined to a wheel chair and helping someone to rise and walk every day miracles also.
- This next bit I would never repeat because of the hot blemish of embarrassment I would feel every time I related the story. It seems Mr. Farrell was at a friends party and the apartment next door burst into flames. His highly advanced spiritual friend didn't want to let the fire department break down his trellis so they could save the apartment next door (drop famous person's name in here as the owner of the apartment) because he was having a contingent of monks (may have been the dalai lama) over for a meet and greet the next week. The friend then burst into sobs when the firemen broke down his trellis because now his party was just ruined. Mr. Farrell saves the day by rebuilding the trellis and gets blessed by a monk. I'm sorry but, WTF folks cry me a freaking river.
Ok. I've wasted enough time on this. BOTTOM LINE - Just say no.
P.S. I'm sure that I will be branded as non-evolved, non-believing, jealous, snarky, and other terms for being so harsh on this book...frankly I can live with that.
