Let me tell you my story.

The secret absolutely does work, and its worked for me.<br />I earn over 5 times what i did when i first read the secret, am happier, control my emotions far better and hence attract better stuff. The law of attraction is really a secondary law to the law of vibration.<br />As you feel, you attract like stuff that resonates at that frequency.Physics 101.Now here is the tricky bit. Sticking to doing the exercises.<br />I did the exercises for 90 days solid(and still do)and my whole life began to shift.<br />Really what I did was bombard my subconcious with different belief patterns and that created a different reality.<br />The subconcious doesnt recognise whats big or small in terms of money, but we do, and often have major hang ups about it.<br />As Proctor says himself just reading and memorising isnt gonna do it, youve got to stick it in the subconcious.<br />Also read the"Science of getting Rich" by wattles, he states that mental control of your thoughts is the toughest work in the world.<br />I would tend to agree but also think its worth it.<br />If you want specific exercises also read John Kehoes book"Mind Power in the 21st Century"<br />Im probably like you. Read a ton of books and nowt happened. Did the exercises and everything happened!

Great 59 seconds

excellent.. concise, makes some assumptions which are a bit suspect so think when reading... recommended especially for short burst reading if pressed for time.. you get an excellent chunk of information in a few mins.

Timeless Wisdom

I have owned this book for some 10 years now and have read it and re-visited numerous times. In my opinion, Carnegie's message is to become a better person by taking into consideration other people's feelings and values and taking the high road, whatever the situation or the crisis may be.

Excellent

Having read some of the negative reviews, I am a bit surprised. These negatives as I shall call them seem to make no sense. A common criticism is that this focuses too much on criminals. Du'h! He is ex-fbi. And I think these people forget that lying is lying. Whether you are hiding the fact you have smuggled in drugs or lying as to whether you have cheated, the signs are the same. Also, Joe uses examples of other stressful situation than just crime, so I cannot understand these critiques. <br /><br />This book is excellent. It is simple to read. The illustrations are fantastic. It pulls all the facets together to show a complete picture. You can read this anywhere. Unlike a lot of books that are TOO detail oriented, this book does not make you switch off after 5 minutes. You can break it down at your own pace and apply it in everyday life. <br /><br />If only more books around topics like this, self-development, hypnosis, NLP etc were written in such a manner - more people would apply it.<br /><br />I have recommended this book to so many people and will continue to do so.

Excellent but cannot give full review till I see it working

Feeling more positive and happy about myself. Need to do the exercises to a more confident me.

7 habits of highly effective people

I real like the Seven Habits of High Effective People. It is a book I will recommend to everybody,<br />Cheers

The Mindful Way Through depression

I think it is a very good book and it is very helpful, just Great

It really helps!

I have read this book and I'm really glad that I purchased it. Before purchase my confidence appeared normal for me - then I could speak or make jokes in front of many unfamiliar people without losing words. <br />My partner didn't feel much difference in me between before and after.<br /><br />As the author is offering many exercises in his book I have tried them all. I was doing them for about a month. But I started feeling about myself differently after couple of weeks - this was really nice surprise for me. Interesting thing that first of all my confidence appeared in my dreams, where you can't control who you are... (When I was a kid I had bad years at school. Even now after 10 years I was still dreaming that kids where bullying me... But after few weeks of reading this book my dreams have changed! I'm taking over control!<br />Now when I have to make unexpected phone calls or do some unexpected work, I feel much more relaxed and controlling situations than before. <br />The next thing I like about this book is that author is teaching to love yourself. Now I would say that loving yourself is the most important thing if you wish to achieve something in your life.<br />

Gladwell is a genius

Malcolm Gladwell is uniquely gifted in being able to first identify common assumptions and beliefs of social importance that are in fact questionable, then to make inspired connections that build a case for a contrarian perspective, and finally to present the evidence in a totally compelling, non-patronising and inspirational way. I have now bought 14 copies of Outliers for family and friends. Anyone with half a brain and an enquiring mind must read it. What a xmas present it makes! And, by the way, his latest book - 'What the dog saw' is just as inspirational - a fantastic expose of error and misunderstanding on matters of huge significance. We should treasure visonaries and communicators like Malcolm Gladwell.

Great read!

I really loved this book. It's a very simple, quick and thought provoking read. It makes you look at change in a positive way and feel like you could take on any challenge! Everybody should read this book and if they don't like it maybe they're the same as the mouse that refused to change!!!! Ignore the negative reviews and try it - if you don't like it all you've lost is 2 hours!

GOLD IN HEART

I had heard so much about this book that i had to read it to see what everyone was talking about....wow what a book packed full of experiences and health supportive guidance.....I do not want to give too much away if you have not read this....for me personally speaking it was like an encylopedia of heartfelt life experience and knowledge....A book of pure gold packed full to the brim of helpful healthy alternatives for total well being. <br />Much love to you dee weldon bird

self help

hopefully this will make ne feel better about myself. It comes highly recommended and I believe is now on prescription

Best companion for Carnegie

A bit arrogant - and probably too pragmatic for my personal taste... Still I give Leil Lowndes this - her book is the best companion for Carnegie. Why? Simply because it explains in today's terms and using simple examples what Carnegie's abstract ideas are about in everyday communication.<br /><br />Recommended for all business people.

Another"Dummies" triumph

As always with Dummies books, this is a very clear beginners book for grown-ups. CBT draws a line under the emotional incontinence that seems to be one of the results of the"listening cure" approach. While psychotherapy and counselling still have a well earned place CBT finds a necessary middle ground between that and the"get over it" approach. CBT shows you exactly how to get over it without spending too much time worrying about how you got it in the first place.<br /><br />This book is a delight. It is easy to skip bits you think you already know about, rush on to bits you find interesting, and get started on the practical stuff quickly. No mystique, just sound technique and what sounds like common sense. As with so many good ideas you end up wondering why no-one though of this earlier - it's seems so obvious! But the Dummies books are so smart they make me feel this about a lot of things.

Really good book on behavior.

Well this is one of the best books I have read on the topic behavior. Its fun, easy and exiting to read. Once you pick it up you can't put it down. Also if you are reading other newer books about behavior and influence, you'll see that most of the material comes from this book.

Neuro friendly read

A sensational collection of wonderfully bizarre true stories that grips the reader from start to finish. I want more chapters Dr sacks! A highly reccommended read!

Reminds you what thinking is about!

In a world where we have mountains of data at our fingertips, Gladwell shows how this can paralyse us rather than empower us. He shows several situations where rapid decisions based on small amounts of data have given the best results. For anyone who's felt 'analysis paralysis', this book should help you be confident in some of your quick decisions!

Meaning in life

This is a book worth reading if all in life seems futile, difficult or meaningless. <br />The first part of the book is easily read by anyone; the second part is more analytical holding most appeal for those with interest in psychology and philospohy.<br /><br />It is impossible to read this book and then to allow oneself permission for self-pity. Frankl had the insight to live (not survive only) in the concentration camp with true meaning for human existence. The fact that he illustrates that one always has choice for as long as one is alive, no matter how limited that may sometimes be presents life as a meaningful gift and challenge. Life is what you make it!

Discipline , Love, Spirituality, Grace

In this phenomenal and instructive guide to a better and more fulfilled of less pain and more spirituality, M Scott Peck takes us through the steps we need to take and the realities we need to internalize in order to lead a happier more pain-free and fulfilled life. <br />This book is divided into four sections: <br /><br />1 Discipline <br />2 Love <br />3 Growth and Religion <br />4 Grace <br /><br />Discipline, the author explains, is the basic set of tools we require to solve life's problems. There are essentially four ingredients of this: <br />Delaying gratification, acceptance of responsibility, dedication to the truth, and balancing. <br />Peck explains the will to use these tools as love. <br /><br />He explains love as 'the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. <br /><br />Finally the author while acknowledging the harm caused by a very narrow and stringent form of religious observance also warns against the unfortunate and destructive tendency of many psycotherapists to dismiss religion and belief in G-D as a pathology and the Enemy. <br />Peck go's on to explain how we can only attain full happiness and truth through oneness with G-D. <br />He explains how he came to the knowledge that miracle are indeed a part of reality. <br />"What are we to do-we who are properly sceptical and scientific minded with this 'powerful force', originating outside of human consciousness which nurtures the spiritual growth of human beings". <br /><br />The author also points out the scientifically proven facts, originally expounded by Karl Jung's theory of collective conscience, that part of our knowledge and wisdom is genetically inherited. <br />Finally Peck explores the problem of evil. <br />"There really are people and institutions made up of people who respond with hatred in the presence of goodness and would destroy the good as far as it is in their power to do so. They do this not with conscious malice, but blindly lacking awareness of their own evil, indeed seeking to avoid such awareness." <br />I believe this evil today is manifested in terrorism, totalitarian regimes and ideologies and opposition to Judeo-Christian civilization. <br />A helpful and deeply analytical work of which it's relevance is demonstrated by it's continued popularity 30 years after it's original publication.

Not as bad as others make out...

I appear to be in a minority when I say that I was not impressed by"Outliers". I also seem to be bucking the trend when I say that I really quite enjoyed this book. Not having the advantage of access to the New Yorker, a lot of these pieces are new to me so I found them interesting and thought provoking. Obviously there is little or no narrative running through the book so that makes it an ideal bedside read that you can pick up and put down at will.