“Learn from people’s experiences in the past to create a better life for yourself in the present and future to come. Do not let your human emotions cloud your thinking too much. Remain upbeat and bless others lives as yours has been blessed. Remember time is precious so make every moment beautiful by not being arrogant, being adaptive conscious to analyzing new opportunities and experiences that await you under the blessings of God. Remember adapting to different styles of leadership is important. So learn, grow, and continuously change as each new language you learn is complete. Love yourself through the learning process and you will be blessed to see how much you learned through stopping, analyzing, and being positive in your outlook. Those who don’t change end up being stagnant. So change and bless others lives throughout your learning process by sharing what you learn. Someone might just be inspired by your learning journey. So keep learning, growing, and thriving. And manage yourself wisely.” ( )

Going through all the books I read for school and this was on the list, I read it in 2010 for my Counciling 116 Career/Life Planning & Personal Exploration. As an older adult going to college for the first time, I figured this was a good class to start with and it was the first class I attended.

As required reading goes, it was pretty good. Basically it boils down to making the decisions to improve your life and change you career choices to improve your circumstances. It's pretty short, and if you are someone who is at a crossroads in their life, things have become difficult and you don't know where to go - career wise, then give it a read. I would say it's very inspirational. ( )

Very easy to read book with a very easy to understand message. Maybe not everyone wants to see the message and some will think they are being patronized in a juvenile story about basic common sense.

But it's meant to be so simplistic that the thought is focused on the message rather than the storyline. You are sure to find yourself associating with three out of the four characters and although most wont admit to being the character Hem there are many out there just like him and stuck in their past.

So many people see themselves as flexible but back up their stubborn stance as expertise gained from experience. Well we would all be walking around in loin clothes and grunting at each other if progress was restricted by experience.

This short easy to read book is well worth keeping in your library to remind yourself from time to time how easy it is to get stuck in the past. I have my copy, and purchased this one for my 17 year old nephew to help him see how to move on and leave his childhood old cheese behind.

Change is often seen as a bad thing and although it's not always easy to accept, sometimes there is no alternative and the best way to deal with it is to make the best you can out of it. Surely good advice.

Not everyone will want to contemplate the message of the book and often the ones stuck in their ways will argue the toss loudest. But there is an audience for this kind of book and out of the 26 million people who have purchased it there are bound to be arguments on both sides of the fence. That's what having an opinion is about isn't it?

It is basically a short parable on how to react to changing circumstances in a healthy way, while contrasting the common way that most take.

It pretends to be more profound than it really is. ( )