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Liked It “A scientific companion to "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle (or any other book on the spiritual side of meditation). A good read.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “This book is based on a grand unified theory: your life--who you are, what you think, feel, and do, what you love--is the sum of what you focus on. Hence, skillful management of what you pay attention to is the key to the good life (attention from the Latin, "reach toward"). Founder of psychology...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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0 of 65535 members found this review helpful“Focus on things that foster feelings of contentment.”
MOF wrote this review Saturday, May 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A scientific companion to "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle (or any other book on the spiritual side of meditation). A good read.”
WardMin wrote this review Sunday, September 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Fantastic, what insight into how we work and our power to change our world view.”
Catherine B wrote this review Thursday, August 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Fascinating book on focus and attention. There are lots of examples in various areas of life: work, leisure, play, school, etc, with ideas on how to improve one's focus and attention. The first part of the book is more technical with brain information and neurological background. The rest of the book is more application.”
Karin C wrote this review Saturday, August 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No2 of 2 members found this review helpful“This book is based on a grand unified theory: your life--who you are, what you think, feel, and do, what you love--is the sum of what you focus on. Hence, skillful management of what you pay attention to is the key to the good life (attention from the Latin, "reach toward"). Founder of psychology William James wrote "My experience is what I agree to attend to." You might not be able to be happy but you can be focused. Attention distills the universe into your universe, the author writes. She describes rapt--completely absorbed, engrossed, fascinated, perhaps even carried away as the emotions that underlie a life's deepest pleasures. Rapt takes discipline and focus--think Tiger Woods.
Ron B wrote this review Friday, May 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The first fourth to a third of this book is good, with some interesting insights, as well as the chapter on work and productivity. Beyond that, the book drags and becomes quite a chore to get through. To add insult to injury, the reader is bombarded with the liberal platitudes of the PC author, which is what you'd expect from someone who writes for The New York Times and The Atlantic. Her political views seep through and are totally unsupported by her book's thesis. Her chapter on Behavioral Economics is weak; there are far better books on this topic, such as Dan Ariely's (reviewed herein).
So while I like the thesis of the book, and found parts of it interesting. I can't say I'd recommend it. If you read the first few chapters that's about all you'd need.”
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