The self-help industry teems with pep talks for improving one’s life. Anderson (Inspiration to Live Your MAGIC!, 2011) rises...
A motivational book of words to live by and how to live by them.
The self-help industry teems with pep talks for improving one’s life. Anderson (Inspiration to Live Your MAGIC!, 2011) rises above the chatter by demonstrating how to turn inspiration into action. This work, part of a motivational program Anderson created specifically to empower youth, follows approaches that he used to turn his life around from unemployment and aimlessness, along with pointers on how to follow in his footsteps. Anderson uses the arc of his own life, from high school dropout to business owner to financially independent family man, world traveler and philanthropist, to testify to the possibility of making one’s dreams come true. Each chapter spotlights one of Anderson’s role models and explores how the author applied their words and examples to his own growth and success. The diverse spectrum of influence ranges from ancient historical figures (Confucius, Marcus Aurelius) to modern newsmakers (Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, Oprah Winfrey) and includes artists, philosophers, writers, statesmen, scientists and people who changed the course of history, such as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Anderson’s charitable efforts, for example, take a page from Microsoft chairman Bill Gates’ strategy of amplifying other people’s work. The collection is a kaleidoscope of life advice, addressing such topics as personal beliefs, one’s relationship with oneself, responsibility and consequences, and creativity and practicality. The book’s bedrock messages draw on themes of choice, optimism and possibility. For example, Anderson recommends keeping a journal to record quotes and conversation snippets, then reworking them into one’s own language, connecting them to stories from one’s own life, and then applying the resulting wisdom. A valuable guide that encourages and enables self-actualization.Pub Date: Nov. 26, 2013
ISBN: 978-0986941719
Page Count: 256
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: Jan. 6, 2014
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
BOOK REVIEW
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
BOOK REVIEW
BOOK REVIEW
An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
© Copyright 2024 Kirkus Media LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Follow
Popular in this Genre
We can’t wait for you to join Kirkus!
It’s free and takes less than 10 seconds!
Already have an account? Log in.
OR
Sign in with GoogleTrouble signing in? Retrieve credentials.
Welcome Back!
OR
Sign in with GoogleTrouble signing in? Retrieve credentials.
bookshelf
