Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes
Author
Rodolfo Costa
Publisher
AuthorHouse
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A collection of 409 thoughts, quotes, lessons, ideas, suggestions, reminders, and words of advice and encouragement to help you lead a more prosperous, rewarding, peaceful, happy, and fulfilling life.
"Unfortunately, most of us live by default. We all have dreams, ideas, and plans for our lives, for what we want to achieve, for what we want to become, yet a lot of us never accomplish what we dream. For one reason or another, we do not really seem to want what we say we want - although we say we want it - we lack the motivation, enthusiasm, and determination to get it. This may be because we do not see or have an idea as to how we are going to turn our dreams into reality, so we never give ourselves the opportunities to make them happen."
This book is filled with advice, lessons, ideas, reminders, and suggestions for how to live a more rewarding and balanced life. It is about attitude, goals, persistence, success, relationships, planning, personal and spiritual growth, and fulfillment. It is about choices and personal responsibility. It is about creating the drive, the burning desire to achieve what you want. It is about seeing life from a different point of view.
This book is about changing your way of thinking and changing your way of doing things and taking charge of your life. It is about losing the fear that you may have that does not allow you to move forward to create a better life for yourself and your love ones. It is about daring yourself to be successful, no matter what the odds. It is about learning to lead a peaceful, less stressful way of life. No more excuses!
Reviews
Reviewed on 12/29/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Susan Pettrone
I found Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes to be a great book. I keep it in my handbag and refer to it daily.
Full of quotes, quips and sayings, Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes is humorous, serious and thought provoking, all while being easy and quick to read.
From ancient proverbs to contemporary phrases there is one for all occasions.
Many of the sayings are to motivate one with the right attitude to go after their dreams in a realistic way.
I find myself quoting this wonderful book many times throughout the day and have my favorites that I repeat more often than not.
In my own personal life I have used the advice in Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes to enrich my life and take responsibility for the decisions that have led me to where I am today.
Reviewed on 07/26/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Tina Evans
Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons
I Learned from My Mistakes
Author: Rodolfo Costa
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 978-1-4490-2552-6
This is a truly entertaining, delightful and thought provoking collection of 409 quotes, lessons, thoughts, words of advice and encouragement. The author gleaned these from his own life experiences and a far-ranging variety of sources.
Reading this book will offer a venue into looking at your own life experiences, past mistakes, family history and future aspirations. By taking the time to read this book, page by page or section at a time, you can find the determination, motivation and understanding you need to move forward in your life.
I think this book would be a wonderful tool for personal reflection and future reference; to take from your bookshelf like an old and caring friend when you need encouragement, a boost of determination, or just a thought-provoking meditation to help you remind yourself what is truly important in your life. I plan to keep it in mind as an excellent gift for an upcoming graduate or a friend pondering a change of circumstance in their own life.
Reviewed on 02/02/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member LAURI COATES
