 | | |
| The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jack Canfield, Janet Switzer
Publisher: Collins Living
Category: Book
List Price: $25.95
Buy New: $6.53
You Save: $19.42 (75%)
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $6.53
Avg. Customer Rating:  (269 reviews)
Sales Rank: 23464
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0060594888
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
EAN: 9780060594886
ASIN: 0060594888
Publication Date: December 28, 2005
Release Date: December 28, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Customer Reviews:
Highly Recommended May 4, 2008
One of the best self help books out there. I really enjoyed it and I'm going to read it again and again.
 Not a lot of new info, but some great questions are asked April 19, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I wanted to hold off on a review of this book until I'd had time to read it thoroughly and do all of the exercises in writing, which I have now done. I will present the pros and cons of this book, as I see them, and hopefully it will help someone on the fence about buying this.
First, the pros. Some of this information may be regurgitated from other(and dare I say, better) authors, but some of it was new to me. I have read MANY self-help books and have done a lot of personal work. I've read quite a few of the books that Jack Canfield recommends reading already. So I'm not a newbie to inner work or success methodology. I would not say I'm a master at life, though- hardly. He asks some questions within this book that I have never encountered before, and I have to say they were profound. Not just about what I want to do in the present, but how my past is limiting me. His questions did help me uncover some transparent beliefs that were rather obvious, but that I'd never questioned too deeply. I have to say that I'm not sorry I bought the book, for these insights alone. Another pro is all of the inspiring quotes within. I really enjoyed getting my daily dose of positive words from reading this book.
On to the cons, as I perceive them, anyway. Again, much of what he writes has already been written, some of it quite a few times before. I got really tired of his push to buy his other books, especially Chicken Soup for the Soul. Enough already. We get that you want to sell a billion copies of the book- if I want it, I'll buy it. Stop talking about it.
Which leads me to my next con. While I believe, as he does, that reading and education are vital to continuing your growth, his list of books to read is huge. I realize that he is trying to help people, but I wonder if he's just encouraging some people to use reading one "success" book after another to avoid living their life. Maybe not, but it's just a thought. Reading doesn't replace experiencing life.
The other caution I would bring up is the financial counseling that he attempts to give in this book. To the best of my knowledge, he is not licensed to advise people on their finances, and I think he should refrain from this. Some of his advice goes directly against the most up-to-date financial expertise(see the book Why Smart People Do Stupid Things with Money). Just take this part of his writing with a big grain of salt. I know that he is a wealthy man himself, but he is not in a position to guide others so carelessly to riches.
It is obvious that he believes having as many services and chores delegated as possible. While I would love to be a millionaire and never have to do dishes, cook for myself, or clean my house, that isn't going to happen any time soon. What he fails to bring up is that these hiring these services are often more trouble than they're worth. Obviously, for a billionaire executive, this doesn't apply. But to the average person, hiring a person to do every single thing you don't like to do is absurd. You have to make a choice sometimes between keeping up with the Joneses and keeping your life simple. Success isn't necessarily having as many servants and material things as you think you need, anyway.
Overall, I'd say this book is worth reading. Just be aware a lot of it is not new info, and some of it is not advisable.
 Decent overview, read with a caveat April 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a fairly decent "quick and dirty" overview of the ideas many of the popular "success" gurus are selling, complete with web/contact info (which would have been fine at the back of the book, but they are in numerous footnotes throughout the main text, which is really annoying).
Several good ideas are here, and all in one place, but you have to wade through a LOT of self-congratulatory passages from Canfield, and there are some glaring contradictions--in one chapter he talks about getting your financial house in order, even mentioning Kiyosaki's definition of an asset. BUT, like all success gurus, he is always pushing success being all about more money and more stuff ("doodads" in Kiyosaki's books). Success is NOT necessarily about money and stuff, not to everyone.
Canfield also talks about relationships and marriage, yet admits to having a prenup, which says something right there about how he truly feels about marriage. Read up on many of these gurus and you'll see that many of them have been married more than once. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
The book serves as a decent compendium of several success principles, if you can get past the contradictions and the bragging. I read it after reading Helping Me Help Myself by Beth Lisick.
Buy used.
 A great and useful book, except... April 16, 2008
I believe this book can be very useful for anyone who want's to be successful in life, if you consistently practice the principles relayed within. However, it's true that (as one disillusioned reviewer stated) this book will not change your life. No book has the power to change your life, since a book is an inanimate object. But this book does have valuable information that can be used to expand one's awareness as to what works (and what doesn't) to get one what he or she wants in life.The only way a person can change his or life is through "decisions". And making the decision to read this book and actually apply the principles consistently can have a big impact on one's success in life. My main criticism of this book is that it does not provide one with a good "decision-making model" (or any decision-making model), as "Awaken the Giant Within" (by Anthony Robbins) does. And since your destiny in life and the quality of your life is determined entirely by your decisions (other than things over which you have no control), a good decision-making model is imperative for any book that attempts to provide all that you need to know about how to become really successful and get what you want in life.
The BEST Ever Book ON Creating Abundance! April 12, 2008
Hi,
I am a life coach and therapist. Many of my clients seek help with creating abundance and love in their lives. I refer them to this new book by Jack Canfield. It is well put together, well researched, and it gives my clients something to study when we are not in session. Many of 'The Secret' forerunners are caught up in greed. Jack Canfield is not one of these. He sincerely wants to help others to have a better life. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to create more abundance in their lives.
Whitneay T. Vanwells
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| | |