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Scott Adams does it again

Revisado: 07-17-24

I’ve been a Scott Adams fan since I discovered him in the late 90s. This book is in the same vein as “How to Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big” - which I also highly recommend.

Adams has a knack for simplifying concepts and making them useful and actionable. His ability to explain things and break things down is exceptional. Plus, he’s hilarious.

This book isn’t really about humour though - it’s more a book on how to help yourself overcome obstacles in life. And as someone who has intuitively used reframing her whole life, I will say that this skill is an absolute superpower. It makes for a happier, more fun, more fulfilled and more effective life.

Reframing helps keep you calm when the chips are down, helps you stay in the game when you want to quit and helps you overcome grief when it threatens to swallow you whole.

In other words, everyone should learn how to do it.

Again, highly recommend. The narrator is perfect as well. He even sounds like a perkier Adams.

I bought this book on paper because I wanted to study it more deeply and absorb its lessons.

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Standing ovation!

Revisado: 06-28-24

I wish I could high five everyone on this team! The acting, the sound design, the story itself… it’s everything one looks for in an audio book.

As I said to my kids, it’s like watching a movie with your ears. Immersive in a way that traditionally read books aren’t (which is not to say that I don’t love both).

I think this is a BRILLIANT treatment for a short story- the podcast format was innovative. I hope hope hope MC does more.

Again, big kudos to everyone involved in making this happen. What a treat!

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Incredibly inspiring!!

Revisado: 08-29-23

What I loved about this book is that it’s clearly based on lived experience.

Unlike a lot of gurus peddling half baked methods out there, ML Ronn is sharing his experiences and giving you frameworks to apply as you learn your own way.

At all points I got the message that the most effective way to learn to be prolific was to deliberately build trust and pleasure into my process.

Ronn shares how he sifted through his own observations and how he came to certain conclusions without being prescriptive about any of it.

This is a thinking writer’s book and I appreciate this so much!

Ronn doesn’t pretend to know more than he does and he doesn’t promise you anything other than - your willingness to observe and tweak your own process is what will lead to creative success.

Don’t be thrown off by the “machine” aspect of the title as I almost was. Ronn approaches writing as a spiritual and yet deeply practical practice.

I love both this book and its predecessor. Highly recommend!

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Delicious little mind snacks

Revisado: 01-13-23

I enjoyed the first book in this series and loved Mason’s mea culpa (that he reads himself) on this one. I own this book in hardcover too (it’s gorgeous). I listen to the audio version just before bed and it comforts me to hear of other women artists who, like me, struggle to balance work, life and their various passions.

I’ve learned a lot from listening to this book. But most of all, it has been a giant permission slip to just find my own way because it’s clear that there IS no magic formula or optimal routine. There’s only you - your relationship to your muse and the rest of your responsibilities.

Highly recommend!

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Incredible - one of the most thought-provoking books I’ve ever read

Revisado: 12-09-22

I’m not sure what other reviewers mean when they refer to Cait as “whiny” or self absorbed. This is one of the most profound and unflinching examinations of addictive or unconscious behaviour I’ve ever read.

I’m so grateful for Cait’s incredible courage to bare so much of her soul and not just keep it to “items cleared” or the logistics of decluttering or being on a spending freeze.

Addiction is (primarily) emotional. And I thought it was very astute of Cait to make connections between her various addictions and the factors and feelings that led to them (and what it felt like to get out).

It’s rare that I was to re-listen to a book right away but I just started over because there are so many nuances. And more than that, I can’t stop thinking about how Cait thought about her choices. And it’s changing the way I am already approaching mine.

Something has shifted in me.

The biggest compliment I can pay this book is to quote Thomas Kempis: “The object of education isn’t knowledge. It’s action.”

I picked this book up on a lark - I’m a shopper (though I don’t carry any debt and don’t have any hard addictions and don’t drink alcohol). And yet, I saw myself and my patterns and vulnerabilities so clearly in Cait’s story.

Great book. Excellently read. Incredibly thought-provoking.

Thank you for bringing us into your decision-making journey, Cait. Thank you for sharing the unlovely parts of it with such compassionate honesty. Thank you for letting us witness your heart break again and again and see ourselves and the clumsy ways we patch things together

Thank you for finding a better way to fill that void that so many of us have in our centres (even when we’re doing great by society’s standards).

Most of all thank you for making it safe for me to think about these deeply uncomfortable truths. For not looking away when something was intense or painful and so showing me how I might do the same.

Thank you for whatever courage you needed to muster to put so much of yourself out there for us to witness (and for some of us to judge).

You’re a light. And I will buy every book you write (and read and re-read them).

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Love these bite-sized snippets of wisdom!

Revisado: 09-20-22

We started homeschooling during the pandemic and HATED it… until we discovered unschooling! It changed my life (and that of my kids).

We previously thought we were doing everything we could by sending our kids to a private Waldorf school which we thought was “child-led”.

Unschooling opened our minds to how much deeper connection with our kids could be. And we’re not dogmatic about it - in fact we’re unschooling one of our kids and sending the other to school for a couple of years because she loves it.

What I needed to help me navigate this journey - especially with all the tech and demands for consoles and iPhones was some wisdom (especially bite-sized wisdom) that could give me a different perspective or richer questions to ponder.

I often listen while brushing my teeth at night and it’s the perfect bookend to my day. I can then fall asleep and ask my subconscious to help me see a better way or double down on something that’s working.

Thank you Sue Patterson for your generous gifts!

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Stunning!!!

Revisado: 08-11-22

Natalie Goldberg’s immense courage humbles me. That opening story about her bombing on stage blew me away. For her to have lived it is one thing, but for her to own this this way and share it in all its rawness… goosebumps.

I have learned so much about writing from Natalie (I recommend pretty much anything by her). And I have learned just as much about injecting courage and compassion in my writing.

The way the words she strings together images makes something inside you wake up. Something small and quiet and brave and wise.

Listen and enjoy. I love that she reads it. Her voice and delivery make her words even more special.

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DON'T BUY THE AUDIO VERSION!

Revisado: 08-18-10

I have never written a negative review on Audible before. If I don't like a book, I just chalk it up to my failings as a listener or a matter of personal taste. But this book has motivated me to get off my proverbial derriere and warn you: Do NOT buy the audio version of this book!
I stress the "audio" bit because the book itself is excellent. One of the best and most comprehensive I've read on the subject, actually, and one well worth owning. On paper. Not only is there lots to absorb and think about, but it's content you'll likely want to return to time and again as you tweak your approach and strategy.
But the reader, oh boy. Maybe it's a mismatch of personality? The reader sounds lovely-- his diction is clear and he has a nice voice. But he also has this ridiculous fake upbeatness that makes me want to rip off his arm and reattach it to...an orifice. It's a little like spending 5 hours and 6 mins with a used car salesman. I mean, you can practically SEE his smarmy smile and polyester tie. It brings to mind a sort of brightly painted, plastic happy. Okay for 30 seconds. Period.
I think this reader can do so much better. He needs to put some poison ivy in the underwear drawer of the person who advised him to always smile as he reads. He needs to slow down and think about what he's reading and emote accordingly. He's got the voice and the clean diction. He just needs to throw out some of those cookie cutter assumptions. Or something.
In conclusion, do yourself a favour: invest in the paper copy of this book. Better still, get it from the library and see if it's something that works for you. But don't buy this audiobook.

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