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Summary: Overcome Negative Self Talk
Review: If you find yourself living with negative self talk..... If you find yourself living with a low self image.... Take a few hours and explore the possibility that it's lies that you're telling yourself. 17 Lies may just be the key to learning to turn self talk positive, to raising your self image and to realizing that what you think and profess can have a profound affect on your life.I heartily recommend 17 Lies. I build my living developing software, defining processes, procedures, and managing the introduction of significant change across organizations. Performance management, or helping people to achieve their best, is critical to being able to change an organization. 17 Lies is a valuable tool that should be leveraged by a change agent to help people help themselves. Give 17 Lies a chance! Jeff Jones - jpjones@bigfoot.com
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Summary: YOU make the DIFFERENCE!!!
Review: Greetings! My name is Michael John Trohimczyk, Adjunct Faculty, from Henry Ford Community College. Today, I finished reading "17 LIES THAT ARE HOLDING YOU BACK & THE TRUTH THAT WILL SET YOU FREE" written by Steve Chandler. I found this book to be very EASY TO READ. I DID NOT WANT TO PUT THE BOOK DOWN. Also, I found this book to be a MUST READ for every individual. Perception has a lot of power. If you think you have power, then you do. A lot of individuals will think that if one person says that they cannot do something then it is not possible. I was nine years old and was told by my doctors that I would not walk again after breaking my leg. I walk everyday, run, & even ran the 100 yard dash in 10.2 seconds. If I listened to my doctor, then I would have limited myself. This book discusses how individuals fall into various traps and make excuses to justify the action. This book discusses various things that CAN be done. IT IS UP TO YOU! YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! An individual needs to understand that the POWER is within the self and it is a matter of staying focused! Remember, YOU ARE GOOD, YOU ARE GREAT, LEARN ABOUT YOUR POWERS, & CELEBRATE! THANK YOU.
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Summary: Audio tape version is great too!
Review: I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I think it's kind of silly to use a "what self-help book would I bring to a deserted island" analogy. Wouldn't it make more sense to say, "What book or audio tape would I recommend to a friend who is considering quitting their job? Starting a new career? Searching for his/her true purpose in life? As the other reviewers have pointed out, Steve involves the reader (or listener) with plenty of personal examples, (both failures and successes) as well as insights gleaned from writers, philosophers and even a modern-day "life coach". I actually wiped a tear from my eye after listening to Stephen's moving tribute (a song) to his deceased father. I also found myself nodding my head, jotting down notes and putting ideas into action the same day after listening to the tapes! I would encourage you to put a copy of Steve Chandler's audio tape into your Amazon shopping cart. It's an excellent value as you can listen to it in your car over and over. Who knows? Perhaps you'll find your soul's true purpose and make a lasting contribution to the world as a result! Bob Boog Author of Selling Homes 1-2-3: Insider Advice on Becoming A Surprisingly Better Part-time or Full-time Real Estate Agent.
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Summary: Talking directly to your soul
Review: Why are Steve Chandler's books so motivating?...because every chapter of his books is really a communication between two centers, his own center and that of you as a reader... He talks directly to your soul and any truly motivation comes from within not from without or some sort of motivational technique. From the first chapter he invites you to recognize the real value you have as a person, but that value can only be validated in your doing, because "The doing is the thing that brings success" and it is that truth that you must validate by yourself the only one that sets you free. But Steve will not try to prove it with some sort of intellectual discourse but going deeper, directly to your soul, so in certain sense this new book of Steve Chandler is not a book to be read but to be practiced if we really want to avoid all those lies that block our road to a more productive life.
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Summary: Lying About The Ego Trying To Be Happy
Review: The author's daughter, Stephanie contacted me, and I am sure, many others to review her father's book. I have to say as an author myself of such books as The Dream Cards, a consciousness and wisdom tool for dreams and life, I find this book one more self-help book doing what I call 'polishing the ego.' Trying to give the ego all sorts of tips on how to live life may be good for high school students just learning about life but the fallacy in this style of writing is that just telling the person to 'pursue happiness,' 'live your own life,' Listen to your loves in life.' (page 233) and so on just misses the point. Feeding the ego all sorts of truisms will hardly make it effective in life, as I have seen from my work as an international teacher and psychologist. I don't recommend this book. It's full of pronouncements and 'I psychology.' Get real! The real lie is in praising the ego and making it feel it can do most anything in life. -Strephon Kaplan-Williams
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Summary: The truth about "17 Lies"
Review: True, many "self-help" books are low on substance and high on hyperbole. What a pleasant surprise to find that Chandler's "17 Lies" is high on substance and has no hyperbole. While most "self-help" books pander to the unthinking, Chandler relies on some of the greatest thinkers ever--both of our time and other eras. Consider, for example, that he quotes my fellow Mensan, Marilyn vos Savant--who has the highest IQ ever measured. That Chandler ends each chapter with an insightful quote from a great thinker is a nice touch, but no surprise. The evidence of the breadth and depth of his reading is marvelously evident in his writing. Chandler uses real-life examples, not just theory. These made me stop and think, "I've done that!" And now I can do something about that and be better for it. Chandler's recounting of an event in a retail outlet had me saying, "Good for you!" and "I can do that, too." Any serious student of the martial arts knows that to prevail against the enemy before you, you must prevail against the enemy within. Chandler deftly explains how to do this, in 17 ways that will free almost anybody to greater accomplishment and vastly more happiness. Chandler doesn't stop with exposing the 17 lies. That's in Part One of the book. In Part Two, he shows you how to use your newfound freedom. What I really like about the book is Chandler communicates these life-changing ideas in a way that is entertaining. This kept my interest up through the whole book. That is quite a feat, considering the deepness of what he covers in this most excellent book.
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Summary: A book for people who don¿t like motivational books
Review: A motivational book for people who don't like motivational books - and those who do. This was my first opportunity to read Steve Chandler's work. This book takes a slightly different tone than the traditional motivational books that readers may be used to. Expect less Rah! Rah! and more meat in this book. Quoting or referring to people like Nietzsche, Chesterton, Steinbeck, Salinger, Buddha, Faulkner, Thoreau and Hemingway, the author may be the "thinking man's" motivational writer. I suspect that readers will not be able finish 17 Lies without realizing that they themselves are perpetuating 3-4 or more of these falsehoods. Unlike some motivational books that have all the lasting affect of a sugar buzz, 17 Lies examines specific issues that we may be limiting us. A few readers may be left wanting because the author consciously avoids giving us his system or prescription for living. Rather he encourages us to draw upon the knowledge of our innate power to stop the lying and start living. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to fulfill more of their potential.
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Summary: Go on a Dessert Island Alone...or Just Buy This Book!
Review: The one major flaw of this book is that these 17 lies are so ingrained into our minds that we really might have to re-read this book over and over again. Chandler's view is that it is ACTION that moves us ahead in life! Not philosophy and strategies. His approach is to destroy all our destructive conditioning in order to let the light, which has always been there, to shine. This book will not be good for self-help book sales. For the premise is that we already have everything that we need. So I will go alone on a deserted island and let us see how I do. Well, nice trees. But nobody is here. "I am Helpless!" Lie #17. And IF I believe this lie, I will die. Okay, I'll look for something to eat. Maybe a mango tree. But I can't climb up a mango tree like a kid anymore. "I'm too old for that!" Lie no. 3. And if I believe this lie I will die. I crawl up the mango tree and acquire some delicious mangoes. After eating them, I wonder if they are poisonous. Who cares? "What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Stronger!" Lie #16. Yes. And if you see a lion, Bill, just tell yourself the same thing. You will make a great meal. "Oh, well. I'm sadder now but wiser" Lie #8. Chandler states quite accurately that being wiser should make you happier. I wish I could gather some firewood. "But I Can't Because I'm afraid." Lie #4. Give me a break, Bill. If you saw a lion, you would break all Olympic records for running AND be afraid. Chandler talks about how the courage is there in all of us. We just have to stop denying it's existence. But fear IS a bad habit of the mind. "And the longer I have a habit, the harder it is to break." Lie #9. Bill, just walk over and find some wood. A habit can be changed in an instant. Just make up your mind and put action into place. I would have to write a book to complete this scenerio. And what the author is stating is very true. But there is one subject he does not touch upon. SALES. When people believe these lies, they will take more pills, have more visits to the doctor, seek outside services rather than doing something themselves, finding a psychologist to raise their "self-esteem" (lie #13), getting breast implants because "there is something wrong with me" lie #2, buying diaries and journals - spending tons of money remembering the past - going on expensive vacations so you can CAPTURE the past for later (It's a Shame That We Didn't Catch That on Video! Lie #14), waiting for more money so that you WILL be happy. (Winning the Lottery Would Solve Everything! Lie #11). I may have missed a couple lies. I apologize. But that's just the way I am. (lie #15). BUY THIS BOOK! Especially, BUY IT FOR YOUR KIDS. Healthy people, both mentally and physically, are active people. Psychotherapy and spiritual beliefs may just "befuddle" you and enable you to lie down and watch TV. Get a good diagnosis from a doctor or a psychiatrist, and you really have it made! Practicing "fearfulness" can be addicting. It makes you feel alive. Now go to the kitchen and fix yourself some toast. And if you can do that, you can do anything. Leave all the lies behind. Good luck.
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Summary: The rewarding truth for those who can stand it.
Review: If you are like me you have read your fair share of self-help and motivational books. This book is certainly not a standard 'how to do things good' or 'how to get to feel good' book. In fact this book showed me why these other books of different, some of which world famous, writers did so little for me. Only through Chandlers 17 lies I understand that at least some of these lies are responsible for me getting little results before. Chandler is authentic and offers his own life's lessons. More still, he is telling us what it is that is holding us back. In the ancient Greek tradition of 'know thyself' he holds up a crystal-clear mirror reflecting our self-inflicted handicaps. In essence he is very right: knowing these barriers, and putting your finger right on top of them, is very empowering and this knowledge offers the shortest route out, unless you consciously and deliberately choose to live on with the lie, which is not a sane option... Warning though: what I love most about this book is the paradox you are stuck with after reading it. You see, if you become honest with yourself and recognize your inner lies you will absolutely become happier (and Chandler is right!). If you do not 'buy' his well written and easy to grasp anatomy of our potential, and what it is that is holding us from it, you will probably wind up using one or more of his 17 lies to hide behind (and Chandler, again, is right!).
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Summary: Another winner from Steve Chandler
Review: This book contains plenty of wisdom to aid you on your path to a better life. Steve Chandler has a very open an honest style that adds to the credibility of his writing. For those who learn best through stories, this book won't let you down. All in all this book would be a very valuable addition to your self-improvement library.
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