Rating: 
Summary: Short and Enlightening
Review: If you are not sure why life seems to be dealing you a bad hand, this is a book, which might help you a lot. I found this book after I had read my fair share of self-help books, and after years of trying to apply every principle that made me successful at work to my private life... without result. The spiritual truths are presented in a very simple way, which will be acceptable even to those who are not that open to spirituality. The book was an eye opener and taught me to look for the potential lesson in every situation I face. Three years after reading it, I have given it as gift to at least a dozen people, and all claim to have benefited from it. Buy it, read it, apply it, you will enjoy the result.
Rating:
Summary: The rules come alive in this thought-provoking book
Review: In the bestseller CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL, there was a
passage entitled "The Rules for Being Human" . . . it was originally
attributed to "Anonymous," but the author (Cherie Carter-Scott)
eventually came forward and wrote a follow-up book: IF LIFE IS
A GAME, THESE ARE THE RULES.In this latter effort, Carter-Scott makes the rules come alive by
relating them to stories drawn from her own encounters, along
with examples from her family, close friends and workshop
participants . . . you almost feel as if she is talking with you
personally. I found this short book to be most thought-provoking and
one that I will want to revisit--often. There were several memorable passages . . . however, methinks
that you'll most enjoy just thinking about the various rules
that follow: Rule One:
You will receive a body.
You may love it or hate it, but it will be yours for the duration
of your life on Earth. Rule Two:
You will be presented with lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called "life."
Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to
learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but
you have designed them as part of your curriculum. Rule Three:
There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of experimentation, a series of trials, errors,
and occasional victories. The failed experiments are as much a
part of the process as the experiments that work. Rule Four:
A lesson is repeated until learned.
Lessons will repeated to you in various forms until you have
learned them. When you have learned them, you can then go on
to the next lesson. Rule Five:
Learning does not end.
There is no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you are
alive, there are lessons to be learned. Rule Six:
"There" is no better than "here."
When your "there" has become a "here," you will simply obtain
a "there" that will look better to you than your present "here." Rule Seven:
Others are only mirrors of you.
You cannot love or hate something about another person unless
it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. Rule Eight:
What you make of your life is up to you.
You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with
them is up to you. Rule Nine:
Your answers lie inside of you.
All you need to do is look, listen, and trust. Rule Ten:
You will forget all of this at birth.
You can remember it if you want by unraveling the double helix
of inner knowing. In addition, I liked the inspirational quotes that were utilized
to help drive home some of the author's many points . . . among them:
No one can make you feel inferior without your
consent.--Eleanor Roosevelt Life doesn't require that we be the best-only that we try
our best.--H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to
succeed is always to try just one more time.--Thomas Edison I had previously read Carter-Scott's excellent IF SUCCESS IS A GAME,
THESE ARE THE RULES . . . you can now count me as a fan
of her work, so that means I'll be looking forward to her next
effort--and will now go back and find some of her previous works.
Rating:
Summary: The rules come alive in this thought-provoking book
Review: In the bestseller CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL, there was a
passage entitled "The Rules for Being Human" . . . it was originally
attributed to "Anonymous," but the author (Cherie Carter-Scott)
eventually came forward and wrote a follow-up book: IF LIFE IS
A GAME, THESE ARE THE RULES. In this latter effort, Carter-Scott makes the rules come alive by
relating them to stories drawn from her own encounters, along
with examples from her family, close friends and workshop
participants . . . you almost feel as if she is talking with you
personally. I found this short book to be most thought-provoking and
one that I will want to revisit--often. There were several memorable passages . . . however, methinks
that you'll most enjoy just thinking about the various rules
that follow: Rule One:
You will receive a body.
You may love it or hate it, but it will be yours for the duration
of your life on Earth. Rule Two:
You will be presented with lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called "life."
Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to
learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but
you have designed them as part of your curriculum. Rule Three:
There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of experimentation, a series of trials, errors,
and occasional victories. The failed experiments are as much a
part of the process as the experiments that work. Rule Four:
A lesson is repeated until learned.
Lessons will repeated to you in various forms until you have
learned them. When you have learned them, you can then go on
to the next lesson. Rule Five:
Learning does not end.
There is no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you are
alive, there are lessons to be learned. Rule Six:
"There" is no better than "here."
When your "there" has become a "here," you will simply obtain
a "there" that will look better to you than your present "here." Rule Seven:
Others are only mirrors of you.
You cannot love or hate something about another person unless
it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. Rule Eight:
What you make of your life is up to you.
You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with
them is up to you. Rule Nine:
Your answers lie inside of you.
All you need to do is look, listen, and trust. Rule Ten:
You will forget all of this at birth.
You can remember it if you want by unraveling the double helix
of inner knowing. In addition, I liked the inspirational quotes that were utilized
to help drive home some of the author's many points . . . among them:
No one can make you feel inferior without your
consent.--Eleanor Roosevelt Life doesn't require that we be the best-only that we try
our best.--H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to
succeed is always to try just one more time.--Thomas Edison I had previously read Carter-Scott's excellent IF SUCCESS IS A GAME,
THESE ARE THE RULES . . . you can now count me as a fan
of her work, so that means I'll be looking forward to her next
effort--and will now go back and find some of her previous works.
Rating:
Summary: A blessing in disguise
Review: It is so nice to see a book that helps rather than accuses. So often we see 200 pages of complaining but no solutions. All I can say is 'refreshing'.
Rating: 
Summary: Advertising You Pay For
Review: It must be said that Ms. Scott's book is not an original concept but rather a supportive commentary of an anonymous quote which has been popular in the new age community. If you do a search on her first rule, "you will receive a body", on Google you will get numerous results on websites that almost word for word list the same rules and supportive material as she lists in her book. She certainly did not break much of sweat researching this or any other spin-off versions of her book. Do you really want to be supporting her efforts (or lack thereof) with your hard earned money? If you are truly looking for enlightenment, which is what she's selling, you can get it for free. If you're looking for freedom, try just talking to God. Jesus came to break the rules... why would we want to make more?
Rating: 
Summary: Where's the Originality?
Review: It must be said that Ms. Scott's book is not an original concept but rather a supportive commentary of an anonymous quote which has been popular in the new age community. If you do a search on her first rule, "you will receive a body", on Google you will get numerous results on websites that almost word for word list the same rules and supportive material as she lists in her book. She certainly did not break much of sweat researching this or any other spin-off versions of her book. Do you really want to be supporting her efforts (or lack thereof) with your hard earned money? If you are truly looking for enlightenment, which is what she's selling, you can get it for free. If you're looking for freedom, try just talking to God. Jesus came to break the rules... why would we want to make more?
Rating:
Summary: It's about time!
Review: It's about time someone finally put down the rules for life as a human being in writing. This book will definitely get you started on the way to excavating your spirituality or just give you a guide to refer back to when you stray from the spiritual path a little. Full of common sense, compassion, and inspiration.
Rating:
Summary: Pop Psychology
Review: Pop (pap) psychology: possibly helpful for someone who has never read a self-help book
Rating: 
Summary: learning lessons about courage
Review: The author provides a clever and cohesive organization of fundamental ideas, based on the premise that life is for learning. The theme is ultimately unsatisfying, however, because she fails to come to grips with why we should care about learning. Learning for the sake of learning is quite pointless. But the author cannot summon the courage to follow her thesis to its natural conclusion: that there is a loving Creator who intends for us to learn and sustains us in the process. Euphemisms like "spiritual DNA" illustrate the lesson that this author has apparently yet to learn: that when we are afraid to speak out of fear that we will offend the sensibilities of others, we are left with nothing important to say. Scott Peck begins with much the same view about life as a laboratory for learning, but he has the courage to credit God with the design. In contrast to his work, this is The Road More Travelled. Too bad.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent resource for life
Review: This book brought back to the forefront of my mind the rules for living. I keep this book by my bed, and reread a little bit every night. I have found it extremely helpful to me, reminding me about the important things in life. Just visually seeing the book on my night stand both in the morning and when I go to bed, help me to focus on the positive things in my life, which help to make me a better person. I'm now reading If Love if a Game, These are the Rules, which, I'm sure, will be just as valuable to me, as this book.
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