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A Philosophy of Life - Essential Reading

Revisado: 10-26-16

Highly relevant, concise, practical and well reseArched and formulated.

Would have enjoyed a less formal presentation - more human stories and a type of narrative/plot cantered around a 'new student' and how they souls evolve, be challenged, fail, learn and gradually gain in knowledge and experience.

The presentation here, rich, detailed and thorough, made it challenging to remember lists, tips and unrelated anecdotes.

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Fascinating but.....

Revisado: 07-13-15

The story, the performance and the detail it is born out is fascinating, but for my liking, overdrawn. Even at an audio rate of 1.25-1.5x the narration sometimes seemed lengthy. Even so, it is a title I am grateful to have discovered and enjoyed. It is a history unlike any other and creates a lasting legacy not only for runners and sports enthusiasts, but also all who prize the enduring nature of the human soul, not only for sport, but more aptly for justice and an immortal purpose beyond our mortal coil.

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Radically apparent & clear - Revolutionary to apply

Revisado: 06-16-15

The material and themes when presented often smack of obvious, apparent to overly simplified, but the true test and revolutionary nature is in the application. If is too easy and appealing to continue disfunctional behaiviours, and requires serious resolve to commit to a healthier pattern for yourself and your family.

I give it 5 stars, not because it is brilliant, quite frankly, I too often shrugged and felt like 'I know that already', but Hal's continued insistence throughout the book to pause and reflect on the material is trully reflective of what we need to do in practice: pause & reflect on our CHOSEN actions & patterns. I believe it is a book that gets more complex, demanding and 'revolutionary' with each subsequent listen and to this end the relatively short audio is also brilliant & too the point, inviting us to pause, reflect and revisit the entire audio to 'practice' again and again until we can reach our own breakthroughs and revolutions.

Though the book may seem to be a stern 'time out' to all parents, at it's heart it is a gift to every parent, asking them to be the best version of themselves, so they can be the best parent toward their children and family.

Bravo Hal.

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Feels like a great run does

Revisado: 05-11-15

If you are a runner, were a runner or in any way at the core of your being know running is inseparable from your essence, and have see your 'best years' as behind you, then this book will reconnect you with that feeling you use to live for, that feeling after a great run. Enjoy.

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Compelling for any runner/human striving

Revisado: 05-03-15

Met my expectations. Expelled any ennui as to why we run, why we strive toward unknown limits. The narration captured and moved attention along the tempestuous narrative leading to the fitting climax in the race.

While most would certainly cite the description of the final race as the most memorable focus of the book, while thoroughly enjoyed, for myself it was the almost distracting innumerable interjections of reflection, pondering and introspection of the protagonist. True not only for the runner, but for all who seek to knit an unfathomable world into some semblance of a unity as perceived from a single vantage. The ten thousand paths our thoughts travel in seeking a way home. The things we think and imagine when there is no one there as witness other than our own, too often derisive self.

Not so much anecdotes as much as pandering of a restlessness that exists within us, that part of us that remains wild and untamed despite all the external forces that rail against it. This is what stays with me and for what I am grateful that Mr. Parker Jr. penned his sequal.

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The (R)evolution in Triathlon

Revisado: 01-16-12

Would you listen to I'm Here to Win again? Why?

Yes. Explores the mindset and psychology of triathlon - how to train smarter not necessarily harder.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Macca. Inspiring & dedicated.

Have you listened to any of Howard Brunner and Chris McCormack ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No. Needs to be reflected on.

Any additional comments?

Fabulous

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