Actually two and a half stars. Nothing eye-opening here except the premise, perhaps, that we all have something totally unique and our own to offer the world while we're here this very short time on the planet. It's up to us to figure out what our gift is and give it freely. That's why we're here. I would have given the book maybe three stars but too much of it was just filler quotes (a few of them really inspiring ones) by various motivational speakers. Whatever the Dalai Lama says seems to More...

This book on CD was the same format that Rhonda Byrne used in the secret; the authors even used some of the same people: Jack Canfield, Michael Bernard Beckwith (love him), and Joe Vitale. Although they bounced around in the introductions of the people speaking; sometimes it was before they spoke, sometimes it was after they spoke. I enjoyed the secret more........

On the positive side, a very inspiring story and book with a clear message and practical steps to take.

I found the presence of the views of a number of different authorities interesting, but a bit fragmented