Review: Review by Closed the Cover
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
The story of the tortoise and the hare is a classic from Aesop’s fables.  The two creatures, with very different strengths and weaknesses, decide to race.  In this story the hare, the obvious favorite due to his speed and agility, becomes overconfident in his success and does not take the task seriously.  The tortoise on the other hand takes the race very seriously and chooses to devotedly continue straightforward the best he can, a behavior which ultimately coined the phrase, “slow and steady wins the race.”  It is this attitude and phrase the are the foundation for this self-help manual by Nathan Mercer.How the Tortoise Became Fast is a simple self-help book about how to turn your dreams into goals and then set a series of smaller goals to help make those dreams come true.  This is, in fact, exactly how the book begins, by asking readers to identify their dreams and/or wishes and then setting goals.  The entire book operates in much this same manner.  Readers are asked to think and consider and then complete a short exercise which will help make their goals feel tangible and something that can be accomplished.There isn’t really much inside of How the Tortoise Became Fast that readers won’t find in other self-help books but it does accomplish exactly what it sets out to do and that is to help readers put their feet on a path toward making their dreams come true.Review by Ashley LaMarClosed the Cover