Review: THIS WORKS, ADDS VIM TO YOUR LIFE!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
I've read this author's books before and I know he'll be right on as usual. He writes straight to the point with proven suggestions and personal examples. But--reading this book is the easy part and will only take a day or two. Putting it into practice and letting the practice of stress-reduction grow on you will take longer. So I'll report again after a few weeks.Yet, here's motivation to get rid of stress--because it can shorten your life and lessen your wellness. Smith motivates you to get going in this area. Then he covers many practices to either get you ready for "self-hypnosis" or lessen your stress immediately. Breathing for instance, something most westerners don't do well. Sleep--best to sleep when you're relaxed--that makes sense!So Mr. Smith makes such great sense throughout this book. I'm thrilled I got to know more of his writings and work.As a fellow writer, I appreciate how his exercises and lifestyles suggestions can help me write more freely and without as much stress. The best writing comes from "flow"--the state of creativity from within that kicks stress out of your life, at least during the writing time.I take one exception to this book--the title. I guess I don't like anything crude so blatantly out there. After all, the middle finger ("the bird") is a stressful reaction to somebody's stress-causing action. The finger I'd like to give to stress is the pointer--pointing where stress and all its badness should go--which is "way out there away from me!" This book, I'm convinced, will help me to give stress that kind of finger!