Review: Concise but potent
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2014
The ideas and tips in this book are concise but potent.  A lot of the recommendations discussed are some I have tried before when I'm working on being a better me.  However, there were a few new things as well.  I especially like the principle of the preparation ritual in developing a new habit.  Taking a few easy steps before you get into the more challenging effort makes it a more comfortable down hill snowball effect.  If it becomes automatic for me to put on my walking shoes, grab my watch and let the dogs into the pasture for their romp every morning (all easy things to do), it becomes easy to start my walk.  After all, I'm already outside and wearing the right shoes.This book gets you feeling better about yourself very quickly since it only takes a few minutes to read.  No guilt here for not completing a project.  You get to the end and know you've already done something good for yourself this day. And you even finished it.  Yay!  Also, it's easy to go back and review ideas since you don't get bogged down in pages and pages of unnecessary verbiage.Even if a lot of the material was familiar, it very quickly reminded me of the things I need to start doing again.  No wasting of precious time in figuring out what to do.  Wait - I think that was one of the first principles - making better choices in how we spend our time.  Gee, I just wish we were guaranteed to start looking like the girl on the cover.