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Slowing Down to the Speed of Life: How To Create a Peaceful, Simpler Life F
Feel like you're always rushing but never catching up?Are you doing more, but enjoying it less? The frantic pace and pressure of modern life can take a serious toll on your happiness and your health'but there is one way to step off the treadmill without giving up your career or your activities. The answer lies not in sacrificing your work productivity or your lifestyle but...more
ebook, 240 pages
Published
October 13th 2009
by HarperCollins e-books
(first published 1997)
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Okay, I've finished and updated my review. If you are wondering about reading this book, read my review to get the concepts, and you can probably skip the book.
From the book: "Given that thoughts and feelings are one and the same ..."
Something kept bugging me about the approach in this book, and I think this is it. I don't think thoughts and feelings are one and the same. That's not a given for me. So, their premise keeps tilting back and forth as it wobbles on this problem. Just prior to this...more
From the book: "Given that thoughts and feelings are one and the same ..."
Something kept bugging me about the approach in this book, and I think this is it. I don't think thoughts and feelings are one and the same. That's not a given for me. So, their premise keeps tilting back and forth as it wobbles on this problem. Just prior to this...more
Scanned/read it as a reference from another author (Leo Babauta) that I admire on the same subject. Mostly useful for the tools that they give you, in dealing with stessors. Probably pretty standard "psycho-therapy" treatment in book form. I scanned probably 60% and read the rest (relationships, children). Good reference. There are better, more up-to-date works out there, now, on the same subjects.
Very yogic, without mentioning yoga - or religion at all - for that matter, while seeming complementary to any of the major religion's teachings. But I understand how to access this mindset better through this book than I have through any yogic text or religious writings I've read. Everyone's life would be enhanced by learning how to slow down a little more and take time to enjoy life, moment by moment.
Live in the moment and maintain perspective for a calmer life and less stress.
The book is good for introducing this to people that aren't aware they control they're reaction to something, but it's very repetitive and droll for those that get it in the first chapter.
There are chapters for dealing with children and work which some people may want to skip to if they just need a refresher or reminder on this.
The book is good for introducing this to people that aren't aware they control they're reaction to something, but it's very repetitive and droll for those that get it in the first chapter.
There are chapters for dealing with children and work which some people may want to skip to if they just need a refresher or reminder on this.
A friend recommended this book for me...hinting I may want to slow down because I am always so busy. Self-helps are hard for me to read because I feel like the information is common sense. I know I should/could be doing things to simply and de-stress my life, yet I fall off the wagon and go back to my daily routine of craziness too often. There was no new ground breaking information, but sometimes we all need a nudge or reminder to do those things that are good for us - for our health and relati...more
In this book Richard Carlson and Joseph Bailey teach you how to create a more peaceful, simpler life from the inside out. It all starts by changing our thought patterns. A great read for anyone who wants to improve not only their life but the lives of those around them.
May 24, 2009
Tatjana
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Good book. Mentioned some of the same ideas that my Weight watchers leader mentioned. Simple processes that don't require journalling for 30 minutes a day... very reasonable changes in one's life.
Mar 29, 2013
Lori Grant
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business-life-time-management
A must-read book on time management which is a critical competency as you manage your career or startup.
The best book I've ever read on reducing the stress in your life and learning to live in the moment.
I fail at "self-help" books. But this one had some tips that I actually find myself using successfully.
Apr 14, 2010
Stacy
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Recommended to Stacy by:
Ken
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I liked the content of this book. I definitely can get on board with the idea that most of our stress is a direct result of our thoughts. I am only giving the book three stars, however, because I thought is was poorly written and presented. But as long as you look beyond all the awkward sentences it was pretty insightful.
It gives great strategies for creating a more peaceful home and work life.
What a simple idea for dealing with stress. Thoughts are powerful.
LOVE THIS AUTHOR.
Short, simple, and easy enough for an engineer to understand ('cuz we dun like no psychology or fuzzy sciences). This books is the only one that made me hopeful about handling stress. I'm buying one for each of my family members.
Jan 04, 2013
George
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audio-book
Lots of good ideas.
Zeer interessante kijk op het denken, waarbij de invloed van onze gedachten op onze beleving van de realiteit centraal staat.
OK, I can usually finish a book...and I'm usually pretty patient...but you'd have to be very mellow to read this book fully! There might be a few snippits of information which are useful, but there is a lot wading to get to them. Whoever can read this book probably doesn't need it. ;)
Living from the inside out. Realizing that outer circumstances do not cause stress or disappointment etc. The way we think about outer circumstances creates the way we see and feel about them. Highly recommended.
This book changed my life. Are you a workholic? Or more relevant perhaps, do your friends think you're a workholic? Is there never enough time? Are you always busy, busy, busy? Read this book.
I, daily, am reminded of things that this book taught me. It was recommended to me by my therapist. It was really every helpful and I'm so glad I read it.
This book really helped me to learn methods of focusing on the moment to release anxiety about the future. It's clear, simple, and concise.
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Richard Carlson Ph.D. was an author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker, who rose to fame with the success of his best-selling book Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all Small Stuff (1997).
He met and married Kristine Anderson (Kris Carlson) in 1981 while he was a student at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
Carlson published his first book in 1985, but became famous when his Do...more
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He met and married Kristine Anderson (Kris Carlson) in 1981 while he was a student at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
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I agree completely, thoughts and feelings aren't the same at all. Cognitive therap...more
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