I stumbled upon Robert Glazer by hearing about his Friday Forward email. I fell in love with the emails and shared them with friends. I saw that he had a book coming out and, to be honest, I pre-ordered it just to support him.
Here are my honest thoughts on the book:
- It was less expensive than I expected. I wondered what I would get for that, but I am very pleased.
- When I opened the package the book was smaller than I expected. At first, I thought this was a reflection of the value, but it is the opposite. This book is designed in a way to keep handy and refer to it as a reminder / pick me up / reference. It is easy to keep handy without taking up a lot of room or being obnoxious.
- The book doesn't have a dust jacket (Yay!) and feels solid both in the hardback cover and the thick pages. I read something that said when people held a heavier weight paper, they gave more "weight" to the content. I hope that is the case. I really enjoy the feel of the book more than I would have expected.
Now onto the content:
- Robert Glazer put together a well sourced book that includes actionable solutions for every area of your life. He divides these areas up into: Emotional, Spiritual, Physical, and Intellectual.
- I found his sources (books, authors, studies, etc.) very solid. Half of them were either authors / sources I was familiar with, which was reinforcing. That gave credibility to the other sources which I will now seek out as well.
- He recommends other authors / websites / etc. and often sites his sources for findings and actions. I like being able to trace how he came to the conclusion and find additional supporting info if needed.
- At the end of the chapters he has a summary with actions to take and resources to help build and expand on what he has shared. I like this a lot. Action is missing from most books and the summaries are usually poorly done. Not here. I wish I had a PDF of the action steps so I could have all the links etc. at my fingertips. I know, "first world problems" :)
- The style of his book is to get right to the point. It is not a "rah rah" motivational book. It is not some book on ONE topic that is overfilled with 250 pages of mostly filler (likely forced by their publisher) or a someone trying to overly convince you their "one thing" is important. His book gets right to the punch, gives you a source to follow up with, if you wanted. He then takes the information from all over and combines it into a plan to live a balanced live in a virtuous cycle of success and happiness.
- This is a great book, if you are looking for motivation and concrete steps to take to build yourself a better life.
I think it would easy to dismiss or overlook this book as I might have at the start by its low price and smaller size. But the contents are very powerful and well thought out and put together.
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PourMyBeer approved
If you own a business or want to, reading this should be mandatory.I wouldn’t call it a book as much as I’d call it a playbook. It’s such a quick read too. I read it on my flight from Chicago to Vegas. I filled up the back with references to pages and follow ups. I bought a copy for my entire team and we each shared the parts that spoke to us the most. Also, subscribe to “Friday Forwards”
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Start with this book to make change of yourself
Reviewed in Germany on April 22, 2020Lameen
A book to help you elevate your capacity to be a better you
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2020
Lameen
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2020
I don’t recall the last time a read a book in one day but that’s how engaging this book was. Easy to read and packed with so many principles, each chapter ended with an action plan from getting started to advanced, as well as recommended additional reading.
However the highlight for me as someone who has worked in international development for over 20 years, where we always advocate for capacity building was his own definition, captured as
“the method by which individuals seek, acquire and develop skills and abilities to consistently perform at a higher level in pursuit of their innate potential “
He then applied this to the 4 core areas of spiritual, intellectual, physical and emotional.
I found this intriguing as this is the basis for my concept of life coaching under my #honestmanagement business. In conclusion you need to be in touch with these 4 elements to really know yourself and need I say ELEVATE yourself to a better you. Highly recommended book. #lifecoaching #wellbeing #growthmindset #personaldevelopment
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