The Magic Lamp : Goal Setting for People Who Hate Setting Goals
Author: Keith Ellis
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ISBN: 060980166X
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (30 June, 1998)
Sales Rank: 36,935
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Fantastic! One of the best on the subject of goal-setting.
This book is different. It avoids all the cliches used in so many other books. I have already started implementing many of the ideas from this book in my daily life. Alot of self-help books get me excited as I read them, but when I finish them I put them back on the shelf and forget about them. Not this one. It will never be too far out of reach. It's funny, but all self-help authors seem very egotistical, thinking that their book is the answer to the worlds problems. This author shows no pretense, but portrays a consise, easy to understand method of setting goals. Changing ourselves is not easy. No matter what methods we us, or who tells us of an easier way to do it. This book is better than most at putting the message across.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Not much new
You have to hand it to Keith Ellis. He's created a new hook for the goal-setting self-help book market.There's not much new here that you won't find in other goal-setting books. Mostly he changes the word 'goals' to 'wishes', but its a fine distinction. And there is a lot more inspirational, 'you can do it' talk. But if you have read other goal setting books, this is about the same.
It's not bad, as goal setting books go, but it's nothing new.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Unique, but loses steam
When you see a book has over 200 pages and it's on a subject like goals, you know it might get repititive. It's not that the last chapters were not important, but they seemed to be reiterating the same idea. After all, having to read too much is keeping you from realizing your goals! The author talks a lot about "wishes" in the beginning and it seems contrary to what we typically call wishes, but after that, he really lays out a plan on how to realize goals that are sound. I say it is "unique" because the writer is not one of those people who always knew what he wanted to do and did it. I could relate to him, unlike many of the authors of these type of books. Plus, the book was not anecdote after anecdote, which I really liked. If you take one thing away from this book, it should be not to worry about how you didn't accomplish what you wanted previous to reading the book....realize that it's never too late.
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