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Summary: Where's the Beef, Dr. Phil?
Review: Dr. Phil may be good on TV but not in this book. He rambles on and on with seemingly endless nebulous statements and imposes writing assignments on the reader to apparently add some sort of substance to this surprisingly lame book. Except for the many references to Oprah and her legal troubles in Texas, there are very few anecdotes. It is like Dr. Phil got on a tape recorder one morning and started talking off the top of his head. Read the back cover and you will get all the main points this book has to offer.
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Summary: In this case, the workbook is better than the book.
Review: I agree with the reviewer who said Dr. Phil excels in one-on-one strategizing. The workbook for Life Strategies is much more worthwhile and understandable because it forces you to relate what he's saying to your specific life experience. I look forward to the TV show.
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Summary: Good general motivation- but NOT the end-all
Review: Dr. McGraw is much more effective on Ophrah. This is because you can see him apply his advice in detail-one one one-where he excels. This audio-tape is good, but not great. His speaking quality is excellent and some of his stories are hilarious, but I have a problem with the depth of advice offered here. For example, the basic premise is that you must recognize your problems and situations are your own fault and only you can change them (you're "life lazy"). Ok, I did accept that and I want to change. Now what? I'm sorry, but I need more specific advice on how to fix my problems. For example, what if I'm a social phobic, or an alcoholic? Nothing in this tape will help you overcome those problems and there are no references here that will help point you in the right direction. Yet there ARE specific methodolgies available. Granted, he does give specific advice on goal setting.Perhaps his workbook might be useful to get more out of this audio tape, but once you accept the basic premise of this audio tape, you're left hanging. If "life rewards action", I need to know what actions to take.
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Summary: I like this book
Review: Dr. Phil tells it how it is. I think some people are looking for a magic pill that they can take to get results without effort.As the title of the book indicates, it's all about strategies to make your life work. Dr. Phil, I am reading Self Matters and love that as well and am looking forward to your tv show in Sept.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This book along with In-Law Drama the novel really helped my self-esteem!
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Summary: If it don't hurt, it ain't workin'
Review: It has puzzled me for some time why people could possibly regard this book, as banal and unimaginative as it is, could achieve best-seller status. But then, I wondered the same thing about some other books - like Covey's "7 Habits" and Johnson and Blanchard's "Who Moved My Cheese?". And then it clicked - some people LIKE to beat up on themselves. Somewhere along the line (from a certain kind of parent, perhaps, or a certain kind of teacher?) they learned that IIDHIAW - "If it don't hurt, it ain't working". Or as Jane Fonda put it: "No pain, no gain".
And some people have captured that message and turned it into a book. Well, this is one of those IIDHIAW books. And readers who believe that pain is the only effective teacher will love this hidebound set of instructions on how to live their life. Readers who enjoy average to high self esteem, on the other hand, will most likely hate it!
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Summary: Life Strategies
Review: Practice what you preach! from a Shawnee Mission North Graduate 1968
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Summary: Let's be honest....
Review: us 'self-improvement' junkies are suckers for books like this no matter how many times we keep hearing the same old advice. We're searching for that magic formula that just doesn't exist and this book - like most others of it's kind - is the same recycled, repackaged jargon. Deep down we all know what we need to be successful - a solid idea of what we truly want and the discipline to work towards making it reality. If you already know this there's no point in buying this book.
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Summary: Another Life Saved - Mine.
Review: This man and his knowledge did literally save my life.
This book is a MUST read if you have ever doubted yourself.
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Summary: Want Answers, You'll Get Answers
Review: This book has helped me think through all the garbage in my life to get to the answers I needed. I've had several things to deal with from childhood through to my adult years. This book has helped me to examine all of these inner issues. Which, some of them I didn't realize were my issues until I read this book. It all makes sense now. You need to keep an open mind when you read this book. You'll be surprized on how things can change just by changing the angle of the looking glass your looking through. Thanks Dr. Phil.
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