Customer Reviews
The sickness of our time - By: Anthony Martel, 18 Jun 2008 
To reduce philosophy & literature to pieces of garbage is the main characteristic of our time, a dark agein belief. Absolute individualism, freedom, egocentricism are destroying the Western society have already show serious signs of all kinds of sickness. And this book & the phenomenon it created is nothing new, but really old: that people without direction but full of illusion have every reason to cheer about, when they see something like this to further draw their hearts to the darkness that refuses the light. I wonder how long this darkness & sickness will last.
Flexibility is one key to life's success - By: Susan Donlon, 10 Apr 2008 
As a Bear Stearn's employee the timing of my reading this simple yet profound book could not have been better. If you are not aware of current financial news, Bear Stearns, a private investment bank was recently purchased by JPMorgan Chase & at this time is going through a merger of both of their businesses. It's a time of uncertainty for many folks working at Bear as well as at Chase. In reading this book, what I appreciate most are the ideas that come through the simple story of two mice & two humansin relation to their attitudes & actions for & against changes that come aboutin their environment. It's a refreshing & inspiring story that can have positive life altering effects. I can honestly say evenin this challenging environment I have found myself to be centered & focused on my work at hand. By not worrying about the future or the past but being aware of completing current tasks, staying flexible & open to changes I have found a way to support myself & others.
Another wonderful book full of real life inspiring stories is called Being Here: Modern Day Tales of Enlightenment & is written by Ariel & Shya Kane. In this day & age, life is fast & full of changes, be theyin our family, living or work situations. And with supportive books like these two, we are able to navigate a path through life's sometimes bumpy roads with ease, grace & enjoyment. I highly recommend both these life inspiring books
Gave me that 'warm' feeling - By: Mrs. A. K. Rix, 07 Apr 2008 I must have been going through a period of change when I read this book, because when I finished, I remember having that "it all makes sense now" type of feeling. I enjoyed the book - very simple to read - sweet enough - I felt better for taking an hour out of my day to read it.
Disappointed - By: Ms Parrot, 05 Apr 2008 I had heard so much about this book from friends & colleagues & so went ahead & borrowed it from the library. I must say I was highly disappointed.
- It was writtenin a very childlike manner
- It did not teach me anything new
- I did not like his style of writing
I guess I was expecting a lot more so was really disappointed. It says that it can be applied to both your working life & relationship.I only saw the work part of it & not how to apply it to changein a relationship. It was just not my "CHEESE" am afraid. And I read it allin one go standing by the book stand at the library. I found it boring.
Dissappointed - By: Shoryuken, 13 Mar 2008 
After all the good reviews I decided to read this book & managed to finish it within two hours. I was dissapointed..
It is a fairly simple & straight forward read & could be compared to a childrens book
I'd say this book is for:
-Those who dont know how to deal with change
-People who are afraid of change
-Finding the benefits of change
-Understanding change, why it occurs & what to do as a result
I think the main reason that I am only giving this book 2 stars is that it doesn't teach me anything new. I workin an industry which is constantly changing & is affected by volatile market conditions. From experience, I have learnt that change happens & you have to deal with it otherwise you can lose out bigtime.
